Since the original documents remain in the archives, I can't think of a logical explanation for Berger taking any of the papers with any intent to destroy or hide information. He was wrong to take documents away but how important they were is open for debate. What is more interesting to me is how the White House has had a different story three days in a row. Maybe there needs to be an investigation into yet another politically charged smear campaign that seems to be originating from the Administration. Hello...Karl? Are you there?
A senior administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that some National Security Council officials knew Berger ... was suspected of mishandling National Archives documents that were being sought by the commission.
On Wednesday, a day after saying he learned about the investigation from news reports, White House press secretary Scott McClellan added that "a few individuals" in the White House counsel's office had known about the inquiry.
"This is the third day in a row that the story has changed," Lockhart said. "Did the political operation know? Did [adviser] Karl Rove know? I think it's time for them to come clean, say what they knew, when they knew it, and what role if anything they had in leaking it."
