The Washington Post reports that the Justice Department said there was no evidence that former national security adviser Samuel R. “Sandy” Berger was trying to conceal information when he illegally took copies of classified terrorism documents out of the National Archives in 2003.

Okay, I’ll buy that. But what, pray tell, is the fact that he shredded them with a pair of scissors late one evening at the downtown offices of his international consulting business (link) evidence of? Unathorized and inappropriate use of a sharp object? And if Department lawyers concluded that Berger took the documents for personal convenience — to prepare testimony — and not with the intent of destroying evidence or thwarting the Sept. 11 panel’s inquiry as to whether the Clinton administration did enough to confront a rising terrorist threat, perhaps they would explain why he needed five copies of the same document.

I’d like to believe and have faith in this JD, I really would. But they have to give me more than this. Sadly, I think it’s more likely that the current administration wants something concealed than Sandy Berger’s singing like a canary. About what??