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Sandy Burglar gets away with it

John Hinderaker at Power Line puts it better than I could:

Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger got away with a criminal cover-up today when he pled guilty to a misdemeanor in connection with his theft of sensitive documents from the National Archives.

It is undisputed that Berger illegally stuffed original documents relating to America's response to the threat of Islamic terrorism into his coat, pants and briefcase. Berger then destroyed a number of these top-secret documents, so that they will never see the light of day. The idea that this was "an honest mistake," as Berger now claims, is ridiculous. Obviously, he was trying to destroy documents that showed the negligence of the Clinton administration--of which he was a key member--in dealing with the threat of terrorism. Key documents relating to our government's inadequate reaction to the threat of Islamic terrorism prior to Sept. 11 are now gone forever, successfully purged from the historical record by one of Bill Clinton's most loyal servants. This plea bargain appears, on its face, to be a disgrace.

Here are some posts on this from last year.

Update: Lorie asks Where's the outrage? (from the media). I'm certainly outraged, at least.

Update: I heard on the radio that he got fined $10,000 and had his security clearance revoked for three years. Incredible.

Update: More here.

Update: More from Lorie (to read).