You have a good point Juliette. However, the spinners are trying to claim that if Berger just took copies, it doesn’t matter since that would indicate he couldn’t really destroy all of the records in question. They are basically begging the question of his motivation; ie., destroy an incriminating document. ( Of course, this all depends on whether or not there really were copies ).

However, its a flawed spin for several reasons. Berger may have just been trying to remove a document from the view of those using the reading room such as the Commission staff or witnesses. Or Berger may just be as stupid as Clinton wants us to believe.

And of course, Berger may have had other motivations that required the documents to be moved outside of the secure room. And that becomes even wilder speculation…