PARTY OF CRIMINALS: The Democrats’ Long History of Making Incriminating Documents Disappear

By Steven J. Allen

Then-FBI Director James Comey let Clinton off the hook because, he said later, she lacked “evil intent.” In making that judgment, Comey apparently failed to consider that spoliation of evidence—“the intentional, reckless, or negligent withholding, hiding, altering, fabricating, or destroying of evidence relevant to a legal proceeding”—is a modus operandi of the Clintons and their associates, and has been for four decades.

In 1978, Bill Clinton was about to become governor of Arkansas. To funnel payoffs to the Clintons, Tyson Foods, the state’s biggest polluter, created a fake commodities account. Hillary would “invest” $1,000 and make a profit of nearly $100,000 (almost $400,000 in today’s money). To set up the account, Tyson used Refco, a commodities brokerage firm whose founder had been convicted of selling spoiled chickens to the military, using fake time-and-date stamps.

How did Refco cover up the payoffs to the Clintons?

When Hillary Met Sandy

By Lloyd Billingsley

CIA ex-boss John Brennan and former director of national intelligence James Clapper have been targeting Trump, implying that the president “can be played,” as Brennan put it, by Vladimir Putin. President Trump fired back that Brennan, Clapper and former FBI director James Comey were “political hacks” and that the investigation into Russian interference was a “Democratic hit job.”

Political hacks are powerful government officials who deploy their influence for partisan purposes. That practice reached new depths during the administrations of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton.

Samuel “Sandy” Berger met the Clintons on the McGovern campaign in 1972 and during the Carter administration he served as deputy director of the State Department. The Clintons picked Berger as their top foreign policy adviser during the 1992 campaign and once in power named him deputy national security advisor.

ROBERT MUELLER: This is What a Rigged System Looks Like

By Daniel Greenfield

In May, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson dismissed a lawsuit by the families of the victims of Benghazi against Hillary Clinton. Judge Jackson decided that the families couldn’t sue Hillary either for wrongful death or for defamation. That isn’t too surprising as Jackson is a former Clinton donor who had been appointed by Obama. And a Clinton donor should never have been ruling on a Clinton case.

But now Judge Jackson will be presiding over the Paul Manafort case. 

Stunning: Old Media Silent as 60 Minutes Confirms That Bill Clinton Refused to Kill Bin Laden

Unless you were watching 60 Minutes this Sunday, it's likely you missed its interview confirming that Bill Clinton had Osama Bin Laden in his sights and refused to pull the metaphorical trigger. Ultimately, the 9/11 attacks -- only one of a series of devastating and deadly terror strikes tied to Bin Laden -- became the end-result.

Lara Logan, CBS: That mission actually began five years before 9/11. That's when the CIA set up what became Hank Crumpton's special unit tasked with finding Osama bin Laden.

Hank Crumpton, Former Deputy Director of the CIA'S Counter-Terrorism Center: From '98, '99 all the way up to 2001, the warnings were there ... We had extensive human networks in Afghanistan, Afghan sources that had been reporting on al Qaeda, on the presence of bin Laden.

But Crumpton says the Clinton White House didn't trust the CIA's Afghan sources alone and they wanted U.S. eyes on the target.

Hank Crumpton: So we were driven to look at various technical options. And we looked at a range of things. Long-range optics, they were too heavy, too cumbersome to get over the mountains. We looked at balloons. The prevailing winds would take those balloons to China. That would be a bad thing. We scrapped that. And then we stumbled across the UAVs, particularly the Predator. And sure enough, wasn't long before we had the Predator in theater over Afghanistan, the Predator unarmed at the time. And our human sources took us to a village-- far-- not far from Kandahar.

Lara Logan: And what did you see there?

Hank Crumpton: We saw a security detail, a convoy and we saw bin Laden exit the vehicle.

Lara Logan: Clearly?

Hank Crumpton: Clearly. And we had-- the optics were spot on. It was beaming back to us, CIA headquarters. We immediately alerted the White House. And the Clinton administration's response was, "Well, it will take several hours for the TLAMs, the cruise missiles launched from submarines, to reach that objective. So you need to tell us where bin Laden will be five or six hours from now." The frustration was enormous.

Lara Logan: So at that moment you wanted to kill him?

Hank Crumpton: Yes.

Lara Logan: But you couldn't get permission?

Hank Crumpton: Correct.

He couldn't get permission to do anything, including allowing the CIA's Afghan agents on the ground to attack bin Laden's compound. That missed opportunity in the late summer of 1999, led Crumpton and his CIA team to figure out how to arm the Predator drone with hellfire missiles.

Lara Logan: So the Predator drone strikes that take place in the tribal areas of Pakistan today are a direct result of what happened when you had Osama bin Laden in your sights in Afghanistan and no way to kill him yourselves?

Hank Crumpton: It was a response to the lack of response on the part of the administration or DOD. So the handful of CIA officers that we had, in great frustration, we began the discussion of, "Okay. We find him again we will have to engage ourselves. And we'll have to do it right then, right there."

What a freaking outrage. And equally outrageous? Legacy media's silence.

Remember when Clinton National Security Adviser Sandy Berger was caught destroying Top Secret documents related to the Bin Laden debacle? You don't? Maybe that's because legacy media barely reported it.

As Richard Miniter wrote in 2007, Berger's intent was to prevent disclosure of the Clinton cowardice that ultimately led to 9/11.

My informed sources suggest that what Berger destroyed were copies of the Millennium After-Action Review, a binder-sized report prepared by Richard Clarke in 2000—a year and half before the 9-11 attacks. The review made a series of recommendations for a tougher stance against bin Laden and terrorism. There are 13 or more copies of this report. But only one contains hand-written notes by President Bill Clinton. Apparently, in the margin beside the recommendations, Bill Clinton wrote NO, NO, NO next to many of the tougher policy proposals.


You can see why Clinton might be happy to see these records vanish down the memory hole... So Berger was stuffing in pants and socks and later shredding the evidence that President Clinton did not want to take a tougher line on bin Laden, following the 1998 attack on two U.S. embassies that killed 224 people (including 12 American diplomats).

Even now that CBS has confirmed the story, a quick Google News search reveals that no one in old media cares.

3,000 innocent Americans dead. Countless thousands of American warriors fallen and wounded in avenging the terrorist attacks and those who enabled them.

A president who knew Bin Laden was complicit in prior attacks and failed to act.

A cowardly president who was too busy golfing to do his job.

In other words, just another disastrous Democrat president.

Books on my Amazon wish-list

 
I didn't get these for the holidays, so they are still on my wish list.


The protaganist of Harry Reid's novel is a Senator that receives a $1 million windfall in a land sale related to a controversial rezoning effort.


Rep. William Jefferson's complex, multi-faceted story is worthy of a John Grisham novel: a web of front companies, thousands of dollars stored in a freezer, and hundreds of thousands "sloshing through bank accounts."


Sandy Berger's exciting tale reads like a spy story: top-secret documents left at a "dead drop," a commission investigating a massive terrorist attack, and a coverup of extraordinary proportions.


Hillary Clinton's rags-to-riches story describes a working girl's savvy investment of $1,000; and how -- through determination and sheer grit -- she was able to turn that into nearly $100,000 in just a few months' time. It's inspirational material of the highest caliber!


Ted Kennedy's classic tale of a party, a girl, a bridge, and a soggy morning-after needs no introduction.

Not-so-instant classic post from December 2006

Movie Extravaganza: Sandy Berger and the She-Clinton!

 
Sandy Berger -- the former Clinton national security adviser who admitted to the theft and destruction of 9/11 documents -- is now an adviser to Hillary Clinton's campaign. Hillary's aides are unapologetic about Berger's advisory role. I figure it's time for a movie about Sandy.


Disgusted? Enraged? Just multiply that by four years if you know who gets elected.

Sandy Berger's Reward

 
So Hillary Clinton has quietly appointed Sandy Berger her national security adviser. Yes, this is the same fun-loving Sandy Berger who stole and destroyed classifed documents related to the 9/11 investigation.

While the truthers are busy investigating how Halliburton imploded WTC 7, Richard Miniter discloses the real reason Berger risked his career and reputation to steal the 9/11 documents.

My informed sources suggest that what Berger destroyed were copies of the Millennium After-Action Review, a binder-sized report prepared by Richard Clarke in 2000—a year and half before the 9-11 attacks. The review made a series of recommendations for a tougher stance against bin Laden and terrorism. There are 13 or more copies of this report. But only one contains hand-written notes by President Bill Clinton. Apparently, in the margin beside the recommendations, Bill Clinton wrote NO, NO, NO next to many of the tougher policy proposals. You can see why Clinton might be happy to see these records vanish down the memory hole... So Berger was stuffing in pants and socks and later shredding the evidence that President Clinton did not want to take a tougher line on bin Laden, following the 1998 attack on two U.S. embassies that killed 224 people (including 12 American diplomats). [Now Hillary] makes Berger one of her top three foreign policy advisers... and I have a few questions: Did she bring him aboard to reward him for his criminal destruction of classified material? Or did she sign him up because of his stellar record in fighting bin Laden in the late 1990s?

If Miniter's sources are correct -- and, from the looks of things, they are -- it's easy to determine why Berger took the risks he did.

Bill Clinton's legacy and Hillary Clinton's hopes for the presidency rested on Berger's ability to purge the National Archives of the incriminating material.

In truth, the Clinton pair -- otherwise known as the triangulators -- were unwilling to take any risks that would result in the capture or assassination of Bin Laden. That Hillary would name a convicted thief of classified documents to a sensitive role isn't practical, but it is payback. It is Sandy Berger's reward.

Hillary Clinton on Scooter Libby

 
Senator Hillary Clinton issued the following statement on President Bush’s decision to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby:

Today's decision is yet another example that this Administration simply considers itself above the law. This case arose from the Administration's politicization of national security intelligence and its efforts to punish those who spoke out against its policies. Four years into the Iraq war, Americans are still living with the consequences of this White House's efforts to quell dissent. This commutation sends the clear signal that in this Administration, cronyism and ideology trump competence and justice.

Interesting perspective. Consider:

* In the waning days of the Clinton administration, Hillary's brother Hugh Rodham collected "nearly $400,000 for helping secure a pardon and a prison commutation for two clients."

* Bill Clinton issued 396 pardons and 61 commutations during his administration.

* Clinton's National Security Advisor -- Sandy Berger -- destroyed classified documents related to terrorist attacks in the US. He had access to National Security Council (NSC) numbered documents, printed copies of e-mails, and staff member office files (SMOFs), which contained original documents.

* Time Magazine headline: Sources: Ex-Wife of Pardoned Fugitive Gave $400,000 to Clinton Library.

* Washington Post headline: Livingstone Resigns, Denying Ill Intent - "The Clinton White House's beleaguered director of personnel security, Craig Livingstone, announced his resignation yesterday, saying he took responsibility for the unjustified collection of FBI files on hundreds of Republicans."

* Quote: "The fact that she can make a statement like this on this particular subject with a straight face represents more proof that Mrs Clinton is a pure sociopath.... absolutely and utterly devoid of conscience."

* Quote: "Four complete sentences. Four complete lies."

The Death of Bi-Partisanship

 
Gateway Pundit has the must-see video of the day as Tom Delay explains the kerfuffle over the Attorney General:

In one controversy after another, Democrat leaders in the last 40 years have shown themselves almost wholly without any compass other than partisanship. Nixon obstructed justice to cover up a scandal, Democrats hounded him from office; Clinton did the same thing, Democrats rallied to his defense. G. Gordon Liddy tried to steal stuff from the DNC, he's a pariah; Sandy Berger successfully stole stuff from the 9/11 Commission, he's a hero. Ronald Reagan says he wants to reform welfare, he's a racist; Bill Clinton says he wants to reform welfare, he's a visionary. Sen. Robert Torricelli quits his reelection race in New Jersey, Democrats demand the party replace him with a better candidate; I quit my reelection race in Texas, Democrats demand that Republicans not be given the same opportunity. Clarence Thomas is incredibly accused of sexual harassment, Democrats fly into a rage; Bill Clinton is credibly accused of sexual assault, Democrats play deaf. Bill Clinton says Saddam Hussein needs to go, Democrats rattle their sabers; George W. Bush actually does something about it, Democrats howl.

I need a new phrase because indeed! is overused.

The Problem with Plame's Testimony

Valerie Plame testified yesterday that she "played no part in deciding to send her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, on a mission to Niger in 2002 to assess the reliability of reports that Iraq's then-president, Saddam Hussein, was trying to buy yellowcake uranium from that country for use in a secret nuclear weapons program."


According to Deseret News, Plame countered:

...an assertion by White House officials to reporters that she had sent her husband on the trip, Plame said one of her colleagues broached the idea after a call in early 2002 from Vice President Cheney's office seeking information about Iraqi activity in Niger. Plame said she "wasn't overjoyed" at the suggestion because a trip would leave her alone with their 2-year-old twins. Still, she said, at the direction of her supervisor, she asked her husband whether he would come to CIA headquarters at suburban Langley, Va., to discuss the possible trip and sent a quick e-mail about the prospect to the chief of the agency's counterproliferation division, where she worked... "I did not suggest him," she said. "There was no nepotism involved. I didn't have the authority."

Gateway Pundit reminds us that Plame's claim -- that she had nothing to do with her husband's trip to Niger -- flies directly in the face of recently declassified meeting notes from 2/19/02.


During the proceedings, Plame also suggested that she was a "covert agent" at the time of the outing.

Only, the person who wrote the law -- Victoria Toensing -- testified that there's no possibility Plame was covert:

WAXMAN: I am stunned, Ms. Toensing, that you would come here with absolute conclusions that she was not a covert agent; the White House did not leak it; no one seemed to know in advance that she was a CIA agent. Do you know those facts for your own firsthand knowledge? TOENSING: Well, lets just take those one by one. As I said, I was there. I was the chief drafter for chairman -- WAXMAN: I'm not asking for your credentials. I'm asking how you reached those conclusions. Do you -- TOENSING: That's part of my credentials is because I know what the intent of the act was. WAXMAN: I'm not asking what the intent of the act was. TOENSING: Well that’s the question. WAXMAN: Do you know that she was not a covert agent? TOENSING: She is not a covert agent under the act. WAXMAN: Okay, so -- TOENSING: You can call anybody anything you want to in the halls of the CIA. WAXMAN: General Hayden! General Hayden, head of the CIA, told me personally that she was. If I said that she was a covert agent, it wouldn't be an incorrect statement? TOENSING: Does he want to swear that she was a covert agent under the act? WAXMAN: I'm trying to say as carefully as I can. He reviewed my statement, and my statement was that she was a covert agent. TOENSING: Well, he didn't say it was under the act. WAXMAN: Okay, so you're trying to define it exactly under the act. TOENSING: That's important. WAXMAN: No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm not giving you -- I'm not yielding my time to you.

Thus, Waxman wouldn't yield his time to... the witness (*** chortle ***).

Sounds like there were a few problems with Plame's testimony.

Was the disclosure of Plame's identity a wanton, stupid act? Certainly. Was it a crime? Apparently not, if prosecutor Fitzgerald's investigation and Toensing's testimony mean anything.

But let's stop and compare this media firestorm with one that fizzled. Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger admitted to the theft and destruction of Top Secret documents. He committed these real crimes just prior to their discovery by the 9/11 Commission's investigation. Has there been any interest expressed in the theft and destruction of material directly related to the greatest terrorist attack in history? No. The mainstream media doesn't appear to care a whit.

And the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy™ says the media is partisan.

Latest Scores from the New York Times

Herein we present the latest scores courtesy of the New York Times' website search engine*.
*Scores are number of occurrences of each phrase on the Times' site

iraq "civil war" - 2,152 "al qaeda in iraq" - 78 "right wing" - 2,033 "left wing" - 1,117 conservative politician - 3,979 liberal politician - 3,169 right-wing zealot - 41 left-wing zealot - 9 "air america" - 171 "eib network" - 1 "al franken" - 401 "glenn beck" - 8 conservative talk radio - 27,062 liberal talk radio - 1,162 "right wing" media - 343 "left wing" media - 211 "9/11 cover-up" - 2 "sandy berger" "cover-up" - 0

Sunday's Collection of Outstanding Posts

Chock-full of intellectual goodness (hat tip: Larwyn)...

1) Confederate Yankee's Global Warming: The Un-Science of Fear:

...Approximately 99.72% of the "greenhouse effect" is due to natural causes -- mostly water vapor and traces of other gases, which we can do nothing at all about. Eliminating human activity altogether would have little impact on climate change. The simple fact of the matter is that global warming began 18,000 years ago as we started leaving the Pleistocene Ice Age. We are currently on the tail end of a 20,000-year interglacial period, and do you know what that means? ...

2) Michael Yon's The Hands of God:

He was dressed as a woman as he walked down the alley toward the mosque full of worshippers. It was Friday, just before Ashura, and the air was chilled. The bomb strapped to his body was studded with ball-bearings so that he could kill more villagers as they gathered for prayer. The detonation would eviscerate and dismember those closest, shattering bones into fragments, but the ball-bearings would ensure lethality beyond the percussive edge of the blast wave, ripping through the flesh of people who might not have been knocked down by the explosion. There were no soldiers in his path to stop him; no police to alert to the man in women’s clothes. There were only villagers. The man dressed as a woman was to be the agent of their deaths...

3) Citizen Warrior's The Case of the Purloined NSC Documents:

Mrs. Hudson had only just cleared away the remains of a fast-food luncheon she had brought us from 'round the corner, when my esteemed colleague startled me with a question. "Watson, pray can you tell this humble student of the misdeeds of men, what so perplexes you in the incident of Mr. Sandy Berger?" Having observed the great Sherlock Holmes for several lifetimes now, I am no stranger to his powers. But I can scarcely describe my amazement at having my thoughts read as clearly as if they were tattooed upon my forehead! I stammered out "But Holmes, how on Earth could you possibly know that bit of nastiness was indeed the subject of my private thoughts?!" ...I had indeed been ruminating on the actions of the now-disgraced (if insufficiently so) former National Security Advisor. So I was relieved to share with Holmes the exact question that puzzled me. "Yes, indeed you have, but can you now tell me how on Earth could that rascal Berger practically beat this rap altogether? Had he not at a minimum demonstrably lied to Federal investigators, the heinous crime for which the hapless Ms. Stewart did time, and for which the long-suffering Mr. Libby may yet? ...

4) Times Online's Iranian nuclear scientist ‘assassinated by Mossad’:

A PRIZE-WINNING Iranian nuclear scientist has died in mysterious circumstances, according to Radio Farda, which is funded by the US State Department and broadcasts to Iran. An intelligence source suggested that Ardeshire Hassanpour, 44, a nuclear physicist, had been assassinated by Mossad, the Israeli security service. ...Rheva Bhalla of Stratfor, the US intelligence company, claimed on Friday that Hassanpour had been targeted by Mossad and that there was “very strong intelligence” to suggest that he had been assassinated by the Israelis, who have repeatedly threatened to prevent Iran acquiring the bomb...

5) Washington Times' China's Dire Prediction:

...Vertiginous double-digit yearly growth for the fourth consecutive year has put China on track to leapfrog Germany as the world's third-largest economy. Its foreign currency reserves are accumulating at the rate of $30 million per hour and recently topped the $1 trillion mark -- about 70 percent of that in U.S. paper. It is outspending Japan on technology R&D. China is preening with self-confidence. As Ford posts a record $12.7 billion loss, China's "Chery" (which started with machines and engine technology purchased from Ford Europe for $25 million), in alliance with China's "Visionary Vehicles," is getting ready to invade the U.S. market with five different models in 2008, all designed by Pininfarina (known for Ferrari and Lamborghini designs). The Las Vegas Sands Casino, with 800 gaming tables, is now the world's largest -- not in Nevada but in Macau, China. To offset America's enormous strategic military superiority, the Chinese military concluded in the 1990s that information warfare -- or cyberwarfare -- could give China an "asymmetric" advantage over the United States. In 1998, the PLA newspaper Jiefangjun Bao said priority should be given "to learning how to launch an electronic attack on an enemy... to ensure electromagnetic control in an area and at a time favorable to us..."

Berger and the 9/11 Commission

I still can't get over Sandy Berger. Check out page 14 of the Inspector General's report on Berger's larceny:

...________ said ___ informed the White House that NARA was not able to reconstruct the responsive documents for EOP2, as Mr. Berger was provided original documents. ________ said ____ would never know what if any original documents were missing from Mr. Berger's visits on May 30, 2003 and July 18, 2003. The OI, with assistance from __________, reviewed the documents Mr. Berger had reviewed in an attempt to identify if it could be determined if additional documents were missing. It was not apparent that Mr. Berger removed an entire NSC numbered package or a SMOF file folder, however, the contents of these documents could not be verified. Due to complications, the emails Mr. Berger reviewed could not be readily reconstructed...

Does anyone -- anyone! -- in the mainstream media care that Berger likely removed and destroyed original documents just prior to the 9/11 Commission's investigation?

At this point, I'd call the New York Times and their ilk "reprehensible pond-scum", but that would be a mortal insult to real pond-scum everywhere. However, I can always take solace by reviewing the Times' stock chart.

9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Studiously Ignore Sandy Berger

The brilliant researchers known as "9/11 Truthers" are only the most recent of a long line of conspiracy-theorists. The Truthers contend that the government -- who, by the way, can't even conspire to fix the Alternative Minimum Tax -- somehow pulled off the most complicated logistical scam in history. And then kept it utterly secret.

Never mind that Popular Mechanics and its team of 70 military, engineering, and academic experts utterly debunked their whacked-out theories. And never mind that the New York Times can't keep from publishing every classified leak it comes across.

The oddest part? There was a real conspiracy related to 9/11.


Former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger absconded with all sorts of classified documents, the full inventory of which will likely never be known. Why did Berger steal multiple copies of the same document? And did he also make off with original, uninventoried materials?

CNN reports that the Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee stated, "There is absolutely no way to determine if Berger swiped... original documents. Consequently, there is no way to ever know if the 9/11 Commission received all required materials..."

What the heck was he covering up? Now there's a conspiracy!

Helloooooo, 9/11 Truthers! Helloooo? Anyone? Bueller?

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I hear crickets. And a bindle of tumbleweed just rolled by.

Must-reads:

Anchoress, Corruption Chronicles, Falling Panda, Gold-plated Witch on Wheels, Hang Right Politics, OTB, RCP, Ron James, S, C & A, STACLU, Wizbang

The Sandy Berger Experiment: Bush Official Destroyed 9/11 Documents

Former National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice was accused of the theft and destruction of classified materials related to 9/11.


In 2003, Rice spent several days reviewing classified materials in the National Archives, prior to a deposition before the 9/11 Commission. She allegedly removed material related to the Bush administration's activities leading up to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. She later admitted to destroying the documents.


During a visit to the Archives to review 9/11 material, she took a break outside without an escort. She had placed four documents in her purse. She then was said to have slid the documents under a construction trailer; later, she retrieved the material from the construction site.


When officials from the National Archive realized that some documents were missing, they called Rice at her office.


Aware that mere possession of the documents could incriminate her, she shredded the classified material and placed it in the trash.


Rice had access to National Security Council (NSC) numbered documents, printed copies of e-mails, and staff member office files (SMOFs). The SMOFs contain working papers of NSC staff members, including Rice, and their content is not inventoried by the Archives at the document level. The SMOFs given to Rice during her first two visits contained only original documents.


Therefore, there appears to be no way to determine whether original documents related directly to the 9/11 Commission's investigation were stolen or destroyed.


Once this shocking news broke, the media piled on. The New York Times ran a series of nine straight, "above-the-fold" front page stories on the Rice scandal and how the documents could have served as evidence of the Bush administration's prior knowledge of 9/11.


CNN's Wolf Blitzer devoted an entire week of shows to the scandal, filming his show in front of the National Archives, and interviewing noted experts Paul Begala, Jack Cafferty, and James Carville.


MSNBC's Keith Olbermann also pilloried the Bush administration, accusing the president of advance knowledge of 9/11 and a subsequent coverup. In a series of shows captioned, "What did Bush know about 9/11 - and when did he know it?", Olbermann began a campaign to have Bush impeached over the incident. He stated that the destruction of the documents, "cast a dark shadow over everything that this administration has ever done."


The Democratic leadership in Congress also hammered the Bush administration. They demanded a harsh prosecution of Rice, noting that a typical sentence for the destruction or theft of classified documents was in the range of ten to twenty years.


Democrats also formed a committee to explore the impeachment of the President.


As expected, the talk shows ran wild with the story. David Letterman ran two top-ten lists on the topic over the course of a single week. One centered around a John Kerry guest appearance. Kerry read the "Top Ten Documents that the Bush administration 'Lost' ".

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Oh, wait.

I'm very, very sorry. I got part of this story wrong. It wasn't Condoleeza Rice and the Bush administration. It was actually Sandy Berger and the Clinton administration. My mistake. Never mind.

Amazing how a party affiliation impacts news coverage and political sensibilities, eh?

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Just one more thought on this whole matter.

In the original report (PDF), Berger admitted stealing "four documents, all versions of the MAAR" (Millenium After Action Review - described on page 7 of the report).

What no one in the mainstream media is asking is: why would Berger would take four copies of the same MAAR document? And why is the media downplaying the possibility that original documents were also stolen or destroyed?

Oh, that's right. Berger's a Democrat. Sorry, forget I asked.


Oven-fresh good readin', just like Mama used to make:
Anchoress, Belmont Club, Blogs of War, Ed Driscoll, Gates of Vienna, Gateway Pundit, HotAir, Hugh Hewitt, In From the Cold, MoneyRunner, Never Yet Melted, OTB, Patterico, Qando.net, Rick Moran, Riehl orld View, Roger L. Simon, Sister Toldjah, Washington Monthly, Wizbang, Matthew Yglesias

Presidential Jeopardy

Welcome back to Jeopardy, ex-President's Edition!


I'm your host Alex Trebek. Our current score... ex-President Carter is stuck at zero dollars, ex-President George Herbert Walker Bush is leading with $3900, and ex-President Bill Clinton is in second place with $200.

President Bush, you control the board...


I'll take Ghastly Gaffes for $600, Alex...


This person admitted to the theft and destruction of top secret documents related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America.


Who is George W. Bush?


Uhm, I'm sorry, President Carter, but that's incorrect. In fact, you've answered "George W. Bush" on every single answer and so far you've come up dry...


Who is Sandy Berger?


That's correct. You still control...


Ghastly Gaffes for $800, please, Alex...


The answer is: this president's administration sustained a series of eight major terrorist attacks on U.S. interests without fighting back.


Who is George W. Bush?


*sigh*


Who is the war-mongering, imperialist, running dog lackey of the oil companies, George W. Bush?


Uhm, no, President Clinton, prepending some titles on the same wrong answer doesn't help. You're back to zero.


Who is President Clinton?


Correct again. Still your board.


I'll take Ghastly Gaffes for $1,000, please.


This president facilitated the coming to power of Marxists in Nicaragua, religious despots in Iran, signalled the Soviets that he wouldn't lift a finger if they invaded Afghanistan, thereby facilitating the rise of the extremist hatred and militancy that ended up spawning 9/11.


Who is George W. Bush?


It still amazes and frightens me that you were somehow elected President. No, that's incorrect. Again.


Who is John Quincy Fillmore?


For the love of...


*sigh*


Who is Jimmy Carter?


That is correct! Oh, thank goodness, the music is telling us it's time for Final Jeopardy... and the Final Jeopardy answer is "He was, hands down, America's worst President of all time"...


$#!@!!!


$#!@!!!


Hehe... this oughta be entertaining...


While you write your responses down, we'll recap scores. President Bush is in the lead with $5900, while Presidents Carter and Clinton are tied with zero...


And now it's time to unveil your responses...


Hmmm... I'm sorry, Presidents Carter and Clinton, but arrows don't qualify as valid responses, not that it would matter with your scores of zero...


President Bush, I'm pleased to say that you're our winner! And, since you wagered the entire $5900, you've ended up with $11,800 for your favorite charity...


Thanks, Alex, and I appreciate the opportunity to put some of our recent history in perspective. Some folks have short -- very short -- memories.


Oven-fresh good readin', just like Mama used to make:
Anchoress: Harry Reid story - not sexy enough
Hugh Hewitt: 25 days out: the Cleveland advantage
Rick Moran's House: Iraq - the clock is ticking
RWN: Weekend links
STACLU: Free-for-all
Washington Post Trackbacks: here, here, and here
Wizbang: DhimmiTube Pushback