The Washington Post reports that Clinton Administration National Security Advisor Sandy Berger has been fined $50,000 for stealing and destroying classified documents.

The sentencing capped a bizarre sequence of events in which Berger admitted to sneaking classified documents out of the Archives in his suit, later destroying some of them in his office and then lying about it.

Calling this behavior an "honest mistake," Berger then went on to claim that he's not really a criminal at heart.

"I let considerations of personal convenience override clear rules of handling classified material," Berger said. "I believe this lapse, serious as it is, does not reflect the character of myself."

Um, Sandy? The very fact that this "lapse" occurred at all is, by definition, reflective of your character.