by Jim Kouri, CPP
Former national security adviser and loyal Clintonista Sandy Berger, went to such lengths to conceal his theft of classified material from the National Archives that he hid some of the documents under a trailer at a construction site and later retrieved them, according to a report obtained by the New York Times.
The report, which was prepared by the National Archives Inspector General’s Office and released Wednesday, strongly suggests that Berger intentionally sought to coverup information regarding President Bill Clinton’s actions — or inaction — following terrorist attacks during his administration. The stolen documents also casts doubt on Clinton’s claims of thwarting a terrorist attack on LAX.
During the intense and controversial 9-11 Commission hearings in 2003, Berger reportedly spent numerous hours at the National Archives supposedly reviewing classified documents as the Clinton administration’s designated spokesperson to the members of the commission.
He was subsequently charged with stealing and destroying some of the documents, although he hadn’t spent a single day in jail. It was alleged that Berger stuffed documents into his pants and even his socks in order to surreptitiously remove the classified material.
Berger conceded that he stole and destroyed classified reports including one prepared in 2000 on the so-called millennium terrorist plots, which Bill Clinton claims he thwarted.
However, the evidence in that case shows that the Clinton Administration had nothing to do with the capture of a would-be terrorist enroute to Los Angeles International Airport. An alert female Customs officer singlehandedly captured the terrorist at the Canadian border.
It’s believed the classfied material destroyed, in part, details how the Customs officer apprehended the terrorist and how she was quickly and silently transferred and prevented from speaking with the news media.
Unfortunately, it’s not known which documents were stolen and destroyed and what those classified documents contained. Berger’s case was ajudicated prior to the release of this latest report and he cannot be charged as a result of double-jeopardy protections.
Jim Kouri, CPP is currently fifth vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and he’s a staff writer for the New Media Alliance (thenma.org). He’s former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed “Crack City” by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at a New Jersey university and director of security for several major organizations. He’s also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country.  Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others. He’s a news writer for TheConservativeVoice.Com and PHXnews.com. He’s also a columnist for AmericanDaily.Com, MensNewsDaily.Com, MichNews.Com, and he’s syndicated by AXcessNews.Com.  He’s appeared as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, Fox News, etc. His book Assume The Position is available at Amazon.Com. Kouri’s own website is located at http://jimkouri.us
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