Dems Defend the Indefensible

Sandy Berger who was Bill Clinton's National Security Advisor and who was (until yesterday) a top advisor to the Kerry/Edwards Campaign has been caught red-handed stealing top secret documents from the National Archives.  He has even admitted to taking the classified documents and attributed it to being "sloppy".  The leftist media dutifully joined the chorus echoing this defense until it was further learned that National Archive personnel observed Mr. Berger stuffing the documents in his socks and even down his pants.  Now, if Clinton himself were the one enhancing his package with top secret documents, then the "sloppy" defense might still stand-up.  However, it doesn't fly for Berger.  Thus the Democrats and the media have switched to the "kill the messenger" defense going so far as to say (in the words of Dan Rather) that the reporting of this investigation was, "A well orchestrated Leak" by the Republicans.  Of course, the fact that there is no evidence that any Republican had anything to do with the release of this information cannot stand in the way of their attempts to spin this slime away from their boys.   They also ignore the fact that the Bush Administration had not even been briefed by the Justice Department prior to the scandal hitting the media.

The Kerry/Edwards campaign insists that they knew nothing of this investigation into Berger's nefarious activities (though Bill Clinton claimed today in the Denver Post that he has known of the investigation for months) .  In fact John Kerry stated that, "I didn't have a clue".  Kerry further claims that, top campaign advisor Sandy Berger did not present any of the stolen information to him.  However, the Kerry/Edwards campaign acted quickly today to alter their website to remove a transcript of a December 2003 speech made by Kerry which referenced national security weaknesses in our seaports and airports.  Just coincidentally (I am sure), at least one of the documents that was pilfered referenced the very same issues of sea and air vulnerabilities.   Fortunately, some savvy websites have retrieved these speeches and thus the evidence has been preserved. 

We have all long suspected that the Democrats will go to any length to regain their power no matter how their actions might damage our country or our national security.  Now we have a glaring and blatant example of this.