Cliff Stoll tells about visiting the FBI as a consultant and being left for a moment at a desk with one of those little trees of classified stamps and amusing himself by stamping some of his papers with them... and how unamused FBI security was when he tried to leave. (Unless it was CIA... I'm working from memory here.)

Having stamped a document or two for real, I thought that was exceptionally funny.

And Sandy Berger exceptionally UN-funny.

If you or I stole such a document do you think we would get off with no jail time? We should'nt!

Two years ago I visited the National Archives in DC to look up some old Navy deck logs I had signed back in the day. I had to go through extreme security getting in including emptying my pockets and obtaining a waiver for my digital camera. There was no similar search going out. There should have been an inventory done on the materials Sandy berger checked out and another inventory when he checked them back in. Either the staff was not doing their job, or someone there was willing to look the other way. Not a good thing !

I used to have a TS, and carry a Secret clearance for my current job. I can guarantee that if I'd pulled a stunt like that, I'd still be turning big rocks into little ones at Leavenworth.

Disgusting. And, unfortunately, not the least bit unexpected.

GH

Check out my article on Berger at Human Events.

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/blog-buzzcut.php

I worked with Berger when I was Clinton's milaide. The guy understands, fully well, what he was doing. Plus, the real value in the documents destroyed where the notes in the margins between himself, POTUS and Richard Clarke. Typically, the MSM will not cover it. Can you imagine if Condi stuffed TS docs in her suit?

Keep up the great work. I'm a daily visitor.

Buzz

Exactly, Scott. I seldom saw (or was in the presence of) anything more sensative than Privacy Act information but the potential was there and it required anyone in my AF career field to have a TS. And that wasn't even good enough to work in a shop that actually handled classified information... that required a TS-SBI. And then I'd hear about Clinton giving someone or other a TS with no background check at all and, to tell the truth, that sure didn't inspire confidence in the leadership. In order to transport magnetic storage that just might *maybe* have something on it required two airmen with TS clearances because even *with* the danged clearance we still had to watch each other. War games, AF-comm unit style, meant rehearsing protocol for wiping computers and smashing encryption harware. Daily shift-change checklists meant assuring that the 5 pound sledge hammer was still in its drawer.

Almost 15 years later and I twitch when I hear someone say, "Well, he was probably just planning to work on them at home." AAAAARRRGGH. My husband and I didn't even discuss our jobs at home at night in bed in whispers.

Buzz: "Can you imagine if Condi stuffed TS docs in her suit?"

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   Seems to me her suit is stuffed just fine without the additional help.
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Condi vs. Sandy? Hmmmm....You're onto something there subman! Besides the fact that Berger is an unmade bed, Condi is pretty hot!

Sandy could use some work, though.