Tuesday, July 03, 2007

That Sandy Feeling [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
I know it's not fair to compare, but this comes from a trusted Beltwayer who is a great American and respects law and order and justice and who relays something I'm hearing a lot of:
i know the president did a good thing...
notwithstanding the commutation, it's hard to swallow an otherwise hard working public servant getting whacked with a $250,000 fine, a destroyed reputation and an enormous amount of personal anguish - when he was put in a very tough position by an administration that seemed slow to defend...
i don't pretend to know all the facts - but I do know this - Sandy Berger stole classified documents re: sensitive national security issues and received a $50K fine...
07/03 06:14 AM
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