Remember Sandy Burger, the Clinton White House Official who it was claimed removed the only copies of top secret documents "by accident" from the National Archives by hiding them in his socks? He claimed the documents were later misplaced or thrown out.

At the time the story was treated as one of those wild accusations coming out of what Hillary calls the "vast right wing conspiracy".

Now we learn due to his plea bargain that he intentionally removed the only copies in existence of these documents, and then personally shredded them with scissors in his office.

The liberal Washington Post leads off their story today this way: "Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger, a former White House national security adviser, plans to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, and will acknowledge intentionally removing and destroying copies of a classified document about the Clinton administration's record on terrorism."

As Bill at INDC Journal writes: "So, let me get this straight: Sandy Berger intentionally destroyed the only copies of top secret documents about this country's historical knowledge of looming terrorism threats for clearly political purposes, even though a bipartisan Congressional commission was requesting and utilizing all such documents in an effort to formulate recommendations about how to protect America from another terrorist attack.

"In my world, that's not a "$10,000 fine ... three-year suspension of his national security clearance" offense, it's in the parking lot of the ballpark of treason. Former NSA or not, this man should suffer a permanent revocation of any security clearance, and probably sample the cuisine at a federal prison. "

Ed at Captain's Quarters writes: "He should face obstruction of justice and contempt of Congress just for this action alone, both felonies. The Post, meanwhile, insists on calling these "copies". They were not exact copies; each memo started off as a copy of an original draft by Richard Clarke, but the memos had handwritten notes from each recipient as comments, requests for revision, and suggestions for possible action. Each document was unique, and their destruction by Mr. Scissors means that we will never know what some did with Clarke's information. All we know is that it must have reflected badly on Berger, Clinton, or both. Otherwise, why would Berger destroy them?

"This is a travesty. If a lower-level cleared worker had done a fraction of what Berger did in this case, he would face years in prison. Berger gets off with a fine that any of his well-connected friends will wind up underwriting, a gracious gesture of gratitude for pulling their chestnuts out of the fire."

Indeed. Clinton's buddy Sandy Burger has obstructed justice, and the joke is on us.