July 24, 2004
WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST BORROW HIS CELL PHONE?:
Archives Installed Cameras After Berger Took Papers: Samuel R. Berger's removal of papers from the National Archives prompted new security measures, government officials said. (ERIC LICHTBLAU, 7/24/04, NY Times)
The new policy, issued March 31 to security officers at the archives, lays out toughened steps for safeguarding research rooms used by nongovernmental employees who are given special access to classified material. And it demands "continuous monitoring" of anyone reviewing such material.The restrictions were put in place as a direct result of the Berger episode, said a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity surrounding the continuing investigation.
That those measures were not in place beforehand represents a failure of imagination. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 24, 2004 7:42 AM
Yes, but I won't castigate them for not imagining a man stuffing documents in his socks.
Posted by: Chris at July 24, 2004 8:00 AMYeah, who would think a former NSA would steal documents. We really are too trusting a people, aren't we?
Posted by: Kay at July 24, 2004 8:51 AMActually, the clerks at the NA should have put itching powder on the sheets, along with a radioactive tracer. Wouldn't that have been fun?
Posted by: jim hamlen at July 24, 2004 6:44 PM