Thursday, July 22, 2004
Sandy Berger
Via Jack O'Toole, Fred Kaplan in Slate gives a neat summary of the Sandy Berger affair. My first reaction on hearing this on one of the a.m. shows a couple of days ago was, "Oh God. Not again with the Clinton people. WHAT is he covering up . . . " But then it became increasingly clear that there was much less to the story than the initial reports indicated, and the GOP, abetted by lazy and/or dishonest broadcast media, was doing what it does best, which is keep the Democrats on the defensive.
Mr. Berger's carelessness with the documents ought to disqualify him from ever holding another national security post. But the former National Security Advisor deserves points for diligence - no longer in office, he nonetheless spent days poring over national security documents, while the current NSA, bless her heart, can't even be bothered to read the ones that are handed to her. (psst, Condi - look under the Neiman Marcus catalogue)
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Via Jack O'Toole, Fred Kaplan in Slate gives a neat summary of the Sandy Berger affair. My first reaction on hearing this on one of the a.m. shows a couple of days ago was, "Oh God. Not again with the Clinton people. WHAT is he covering up . . . " But then it became increasingly clear that there was much less to the story than the initial reports indicated, and the GOP, abetted by lazy and/or dishonest broadcast media, was doing what it does best, which is keep the Democrats on the defensive.
Mr. Berger's carelessness with the documents ought to disqualify him from ever holding another national security post. But the former National Security Advisor deserves points for diligence - no longer in office, he nonetheless spent days poring over national security documents, while the current NSA, bless her heart, can't even be bothered to read the ones that are handed to her. (psst, Condi - look under the Neiman Marcus catalogue)
