Patterico discusses the latest information in the Sandy Berg(l)er shredding documents story. This information from an A.P. story:
But Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., outgoing chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, said he's not convinced that the Archives can account for all the documents taken by Berger. Davis said working papers of National Security Council staff members are not inventoried by the Archives.
"There is absolutely no way to determine if Berger swiped any of these original documents. Consequently, there is no way to ever know if the 9/11 Commission received all required materials," Davis said.
Berger pleaded guilty to unlawfully removing and retaining classified documents. He was fined $50,000, ordered to perform 100 hours of community service and was barred from access to classified material for three years.
Officials told The Associated Press at the time of the thefts that the documents were highly classified and included critical assessments about the Clinton administration's handling of the millennium terror threats as well as identification of America's terror vulnerabilities at airports and seaports.
Patterico had questioned back in 2004 whether Berger had taken originals or not. Evidently, we will never know for certain, since Berger "had 'destroyed, cut into small pieces, three of the four documents. These were put in the trash.'"
But I'm sure he did it for the good of the country, right?
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