Berger Pleads Guilty to Theft of Classified Archives Papers
The Washington Times › April 03, 2005
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The Clinton administration's most senior national security official pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing classified documents from the National Archives and destroying with scissors some of the material related to terror threats before the 2000 celebration.
Samuel R. Berger, the White House national security adviser from 1997 to 2000, faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty to one misdemeanor charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material.See the full content of this document
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Berger Pleads Guilty to Theft of Classified Archives Papers
However, under a plea agreement, Mr. Berger likely will avoid prison and pay a $10,000 fine.
"Guilty, your honor," Mr. Berger told U.S. Magistrate Deborah Robinson at a hearing in U.S. District Court i...See the full content of this document
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