vnjagvet,

Idunno… whatever Berger took and whatever he “lost” is now the province of a “you shouldn’t have taken this stuff or any stuff” scandal. The actual content is no longer the issue as far as any “punishment” of Berger goes.

Its possible that an issue that could have been, “Great Googley Moogley, look at what these people did with the nation’s security and lives of its citizens at stake!” and converted it into a “Gee, those Big Dogs sure are careless about secure documents, aren’t they? A head should roll here somewhere, don’t you think?” issue.

If that’s the case then we may have some explanation for why the esteemed former president finds it so amusing – it was rather nicely done even though it was discovered. Sort of a “Gee, we got caught but so what?” moment.