On July, 19, 2004 the Associated Press revealed that the former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger was being investigated by the US Justice Department and the FBI in connection for a misdemeanor, specifically, mishandling of classified documents. Apparently, Sandy Berger took it upon himself to remove five classified documents regarding Clintons handling of the millennium terrorist plots. Since he was able to return only two of the five documents, Sandy Berger was filed with a criminal charge.
In the course of the investigations, it was found out that Sandy Berger did indeed take the documents he was accused of removing from the National Archives, that he made notes which he did not present to the Archives employees, and that he cut up the first three documents he removed from the Archives.
He and his attorney Larry Breuer negotiated with the head prosecutor of the Berger case, Noel Hillman who was also the chief of Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Justice Department. The negotiations were apparently successful for Sandy Berger was only penalized with $10,000 dollars and loss of security clearance for three years. U.S. Magistrate judge Deborah Robinson...
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