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Thursday, July 22, 2004
SECURITY BREECHES
Berger told monitors
to break archive rules
Sources say Democrat persuaded staff
to leave him alone in
high-security area
Posted: July 22, 2004
5:00 p.m. Eastern
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Archive monitors assigned to watch Sandy Berger review top-secret
documents allowed the former national security adviser to break the rules
and be left alone, the New York Daily News reported.
Berger, the target of a federal
investigation for allegedly smuggling secret files out of the National
Archives, persuaded the monitors to leave him alone in the
high-security room by saying he had to make sensitive phone calls, a
senior law enforcement source told the paper.
"He was supposed to be monitored at all times but kept asking the
monitor to leave so he could make private calls," the official said.
The sources said Berger stepped out of the room as he looked over the
documents and allegedly stashed some in his clothing.
The archive monitors told the FBI Berger was observed stuffing his
socks with handwritten notes about files that were to be given to the 9-11
Commission.
Notes about the secret files cannot be taken out without special
permission.
The monitors also observed frequent bathroom breaks that aroused their
suspicion.
The New York paper noted it is standard procedure to constantly monitor
anyone with a security clearance who examines the type of code-word
classified files stored in the underground archives vault.
Berger's attorney, Lanny Breuer denies the allegation that Berger hid
papers in his socks.
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