Ravenwood - 09/09/05 06:45 AM
Former National Security Advisor, Sandy Burglar, has been fined $50,000 for knowingly stealing classified documents from the National Archives and destroying them. The government had asked for a $10,000 fine, but the judge increased it. Berger was also sentenced to 2 years probation, 100 hours of community service, and surrenders his security clearance for three years.
According to the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, (NISPOM), Top Secret information is defined as information that could "cause exceptionally grave damage" to the national security of the United States. Politics aside, I would think that someone convicted of intentionally destroying classified material would never be permitted access to it again.
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I'm up for a clearance and I tell you - they really dig into the background of the person they're investigating. I guarantee you that were it anyone but a member of the political elite, he would now be Bubba's play thing at the Federal Pound You in the Ass Prison. He certainly would never be allowed to regain the clearance.
Notice how that clearance suspension expires right around the time of the next presidential election? I wonder if that was intentional.
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