[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17204]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            NO AVERAGE SUIT

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I know the photo behind me looks like an 
average business suit. It is not. It is a weapon of mass destruction. 
Highly classified documents were removed from the National Archives. 
The Justice Department is investigating Sandy Berger, having secreted 
away some misplaced highly classified documents that could be 
potentially embarrassing to the former administration.
  What in heaven's name was he thinking? Why would he risk both his 
reputation and possible prosecution? What is there to hide in this 
coat?
  At the very least it is gross negligence, and at the most it is a 
national security crises. With his experience, no one can claim that 
these are the actions of a bumbling or absent-minded government 
employee. Sandy Berger knows better.
  Since when is taking and misplacing classified documents ever an 
honest mistake? And we thought it was bad when the last administration 
was just taking the furniture.

                          ____________________