David Thomson:

What was in those papers deemed worth risking a jail sentence?

I’m willing to bet that at no time did the notion that he might end up doing jail time for pilfering papers cross Mr. Berger’s mind. He didn’t stick the documents in his pants because he wanted to avoid being arrested. He stuck the documents in his pants because he wanted to get them out of the building and they might have been confiscated otherwise.

I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if he didn’t end up doing a day of jail time and even retained his security clearance. The rich (and powerful) are different than you and me.