The Globe's Daschle Vision

It didn't take long for the Boston Globe to employ its Daschle Vision. (That is, seeing Republican conspiracy in a Democratic scandal). The Globe made the timing of the Berger leak one of its front page stories today. CBS's Dan Rather was equally incensed by the obvious Republican conspiracy: "This was triggered by a carefully orchestrated leak about Berger, and the timing of it appears to be no coincidence."

As a recap, Daschle Vision is defined as seeing a vast right-wing conspiracy in the eye of a Democratic scandal storm. In this case, Democratic advisor to Sen. Kerry and former Clinton NSA Sandy Berger stuffed his trousers, socks and pockets with top-secret, classified documents while in the National Archive. This is a criminal matter and Berger could theoretically be jailed because of this. We could assume (perhaps even safely) that Republicans in the justice department leaked the story. Just making certain we understand what the real conspiracy is.