Disloyal Democrats, Berger

"I have here in my hand a list ... ."

Senator Joseph McCarthy confers with his assistant,  Bobby Kennedy I'll try and keep this simple, but I am really ticked off.  A WaPost story today [Berger Case Still Roils Archives, Justice Dept.] paints a picture of willful neglect by the Bush Justice Dept. in handling Sandy Berger's theft of top secret files from the National Archives.  Paul Brachfeld is inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration  - '' Brachfeld said he was worried that during four visits in 2002 and 2003, Berger had the opportunity to remove more than the five documents he admitted taking. Brachfeld wanted the Justice Department to notify officials of the 9/11 Commission that Berger's actions -- in combination with a bungled Archives response -- might have obstructed the commission's review of Clinton's terrorism policies. The Justice Department spurned the advice, and some of Brachfeld's colleagues at the Archives greeted his warnings with accusations of disloyalty.'' Disloyalty?  To whom?  Certainly not our nation.  No, disloyalty to Bill Clinton.  Every government agency, including the FBI and CIA are still stocked with Clinton appointees.  You will  remember Rep. Curt Weldon (R PA),who refused to let go of the Able Danger accusations spurned by the 9/11 Commission.  What was his reward?  Two weeks before last Fall's election,  on a request by a leftist activist, the FBI raided his offices in a much publicized operation.  The charge?  Weldon used his influence to help his daughter, a registered lobbyist, win consulting contracts.  Weldon was defeated two weeks later.  Now read what Berger's lawyer had to say. [After] Judge Deborah A. Robinson imposed a stiffer penalty in the case than the Justice Department sought, fining Berger a total of $56,905, canceling his security clearance, and requiring monthly reporting to a probation officer for two years ...Berger's lawyer, Lanny Breuer, said ... 'It never ceases to amaze me how the most trivial things can be politicized. It is the height of unfairness . . . for this poor guy, who clearly made a mistake'." I believe the back story in history's look at the Bush years will be the undermining of his policy by democrats appointed by Bill Clinton, and that includes disloyalty by that paramilitary organization the CIA.  If Joe McCarthy was alive today, I have no doubt that he would take from his pocket a sheaf of papers and announce. "I have here in my hand a list of 205 people that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the democratic party."