Reply #27: Let's make sure we discredit Berger before the 9/11 report is released

[Keirsey]

Sorry, schmucks, but we'll make sure the below quote about Berger hits political forums, newsrooms, and more. Your little scheme is going to blow up in your faces.

Sandy Berger, who felt the first President Bush had failed to arrange adequate transition briefings on national security for the incoming Clinton team, vowed to run a handoff of the sort he would have wished to receive. The 'number one' issue on his agenda, he recalled, 'was terrorism and al Qaeda . . . we briefed them fully on what we were doing, and what else was under consideration and what the threat was.' Berger ordered each directorate in the National Security Council to write an issues memo for Rice and her deputy, Stephen Hadley. The memoes were then enhanced by oral briefings and slide show presentations. Berger himself attended only one, the session organized by Richard Clarke to talk about bin Laden and a Qaeda. 'I'm here because I want to underscore how important this issue is,' Berger explained to Rice. Later, in the West Wing of the White House, Berger told his successor, 'You're going to spend more time during your four years on terrorism generally and bin Laden specifically than any issue.'

While we're at it, we'll include the link to the Media Matters article.

http://mediamatters.org/items/printable/200407230001


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