John Leo on Sandy Berger

This is dead on target.

Perhaps the "timing" argument will now work to Berger's advantage -- that the 9/11 report will overwhelm the archives story and direct attention away from him. A few news outlets are playing the Berger issue as yet another left-right, Democrat-Republican partisan wrangle. That's a way of discounting a story that has to be pursued

It would be a tragedy if the 911 Commission's Report allowed Berger to skate away. One of the critical open questions is the degree to which Berger manipulated the information the Commission used to reach their conclusions.

Even if it turns out that he did not obstruct the most important investigation since Watergate, his actions may have done serious harm. Losing highly classified material jeopardizes on-going intelligence operations. Should these documents fall into the wrong hands, critical sources and methods could be compromised.

Perhaps, the most disturbing thing is how many Democrats are trying to sweep the matter under the rug or dismiss it as a partisan issue.