Reply #85: David Gergen on the Today Show this morning suggested that this is an

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attempt by the Bushies to take the heat off the 9/11 report coming out later this week. He pointed out that Berger is a brilliant man who has served this country well and that the this investigation has been going on for months. He questioned why it had become public only now--just as the 9/11 report was coming out. He also said that Berger had only taken his handwritten notes and copies of existing documents and that he did not take any originals. It was a dumb thing to do certainly, but Gergen thought it was totally without criminal intent. You could tell he was really disgusted by * and his henchmen for the whole episode. It never ceases to amaze me the lengths to which this administration will go to cover-their-own-asses and to distract the public. Just when I think I've seen it all--I find out (sadly) that I haven't. This is going to be a rocky few months for us to November. You know the republican Noise Machine (Rush & Sean & Faux) will be all over this story pounding away at it for the next several days. Make no mistake they are out to destroy us all.