Political Quotes

“President Clinton's National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, has admitted to removing highly classified terrorism documents from a secure room during preparations for the September 11 Commission hearings. According to reports, Mr. Berger knowingly, and this is an arrogant, total disregard of the law, knowingly removed handwritten notes he had made while reading classified documents by sticking them in his jacket and pants. He also removed several classified documents. Some of these documents were discarded by Mr. Berger and are still missing. The missing documents are highly classified reports on the Clinton administration's handling of al Qaeda terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebrations. They included critical assessments of the U.S. response to terrorist threats, as well as identification of vulnerabilities at U.S. airports and seaports. Removing highly classified anti-terrorism information from a secure area is extremely dangerous, and misplacing such information is absolutely inexcusable. Mr. Berger has attributed his actions to sloppiness. A person in Mr. Berger's position does know better than to do something so irresponsible, and he should be well aware of the serious consequences. The Justice Department is currently conducting a criminal investigation.”