Oh wait, that's the other burglar.

According to the Associated Press, Former Clinton national security advisor Sandy Burglar, uh, Berger, will take a misdemeanor plea deal for taking top secret documents from the national archives.

It's nice to know one can steal top secret documents, plead it was an "accident," and get away with a slap on the wrist instead of significant jail time.

Chinese spies in Los Alamos will assuredly sleep better tonight.

Note: This could have alternately been titled, "Stuffing Berger, Hidden Sentence."

Update: Added pre-sentencing pic.

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CAMP BUCCA, IRAQ -- U.S. military police Friday thwarted a massive escape attempt by suspected insurgents and terrorists from this southern Iraq Army base that houses more than 6,000 detainees when they uncovered a 600-foot tunnel the detainees had dug under their compound.

"We were very close to a very bad thing," Major Gen. William Brandenburg said Friday after troops under his command discovered the tunnel that prisoners had painstakingly dug with the help of makeshift tools.

Within hours of the discovery on the first tunnel, a second tunnel of about 300 feet was detected under an adjoining compound in the camp, which holds 6,049 detainees. The elaborate escape is reminiscent of the 1994 movie, "The Shawshank Redemption," where a prisoner burrows his way out of prison.

(hat tip Drudge)

Update: Added the quote from the article for context.

Update 2: Added to the Beltway Traffic Jam.

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I'll have to cross post this over at Blog Netiquette as what not do as a blogger...

Bill at INDC Journal, has come across a couple of disturbing way that bloggers are building up their traffic. One discovered by Dean was to mention Mario Vasquez.

"Who is Mario Vasquez?" I thought, and so I did a search on Mario Vasquez. Apparently, Mario Vasquez is some huge star on, and now off American Idol. He looks kind of like another Justin Timberlake wannabe, with quite a few people apparently hoping to see Mario Vasquez nude. I find that kind of pandering sad and pathetic... as I did this example from Wizbang of Debbie Gibson Nude (not work safe).

Frankly, I'm stunned.

These are bloggers I respect, and I can't fathom why they would want to clutter up their sites with false references to naked pictures of Gwen Stefani or Ernest Borgnine, and more than I could guess why they'd want to draw traffic to see non-existant nude photos of Chrstina Aguilera, Brad Pitt, or free explicit videos of Paris Hilton with Helen Thomas. I would never stoop to such a level.

That would just be wrong.

Update 3/20: For some odd reason, this article shows up third on a Yahoo! search for "Mario Vasquez Naked." Isn't that just wrong?

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Brings a whole new meaning to the song "We've got the Beat." Jeff is having way too much fun with this over at Beautiful Atrocities.

By the way, the chicken I had for lunch on this International Eat an Animal for PETA Day was excellent, and I look forward to the veal I'll be dining on tonight.

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Why do I have a feeling this thing is here just to pick up our favorite P.E.S.T.-suffering celebrities and take them back where they belong?

Happy trails, little liberals.

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Phin's Blog has an exclusive picture of Italian journalist Guiliana Sgrena participating in "Take Your Kid to Work" day. Heh.

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SortaPundit has a petition drive any sane blogger will want to sign. Be sure to read the comments, where Lagomorphic Tendencies utters the gem of a prospective tagline for O-dub "Like Crystal Meth to Stupid".

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