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Ex-Clinton adviser to plead guilty to taking secret data from Archives Berger removed materials on threat of terrorism, called it 'honest mistake' Associated Press Originally published April 1, 2005 WASHINGTON - Former national security adviser Samuel R. Berger is expected to appear in federal court today to plead guilty to taking classified material from the National Archives, a misdemeanor, the Justice Department said yesterday. The former Clinton administration official had acknowledged previously that he removed from the National Archives copies of documents about the government's anti-terror efforts and notes that he took on those documents. He said he was reviewing the materials to help determine which Clinton administration documents to provide to the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He called the episode "an honest mistake," and denied any criminal wrongdoing. Berger and his lawyer, Lanny Breuer, have said Berger knowingly removed the handwritten notes by placing them in his jacket and pants and inadvertently took copies of classified documents in a leather portfolio. He returned most of the documents, but some are still missing. The charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material is a misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of a year in prison and a $100,000 fine. The materials related to a 2000 report on how the government reacted to the terror threat before the millennium celebrations. Berger stepped down as an adviser to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's campaign in July after the Associated Press reported that the Justice Department was investigating the matter. Many Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, suggested that politics played a role in the disclosure of the probe only days before the release of the Sept. 11 commission report, which Republicans feared would be a blow to President Bush's re-election campaign. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
