So far the accusations against Berger have been from "anonymous sources". I didn't know til yesterday this has been going on for 7 months.

There just isn't enough meat there on the story yet. The guy hasn't been charged with anything. How many news stories can you do about a guy who isn't in office who stuffed important papers in his socks, if that is indeed what he did?

At this point I would guess he was removing embarassing information about himself. He seems to have been seeking documents where he made notes in the liner - one that probably said "note to self: look into this guy bin Laden". Like Bush's cronies who committed the felony exposing the CIA agent, Berger has probably done more damage attempting an after the fact crime than what ever it is he did originally.

Given the Ashcroft circus when he went after one of the commission members on trumped up BS, this is all probably just part of the same game. Cheney and Ashcroft seem to have been delegated by Bush to raise as many questions as possible that go to the credibility of the 911 report. This is probably part of the strategy. I am sure they knew 7 months ago the FBI was investigating this guy, and filed it under "Use two days before 911 Report Release".