The media has been horrible on the Sandy Berger story. Two examples stand out for me: The Washington Post and Dan Rather. A news article in today's Post conjured up the idea of "one of Washington’s most respected foreign policy figures being subjected to treatment that had at least a faint odor of a sting operation." Last night, Dan Rather noted that this story "was triggered by a carefully orchestrated leak about Berger, and the timing of it appears to be no coincidence." More bothersome than what they're saying is what they aren't saying. The media seems to lack curiousity on the Sandy Berger affair. Why would a man who served in high positions in government be stuffing top secret documents into his clothing? Journalists don't know. What's worse, journalists don't want to know.

As the Claude Raines said in Casablanca: I'm shocked. Shocked!