American Progress has a
good writeup on the Sandy Berger synthetic scandal and why the Republicans are so eager to be outraged. You can get the best description of it on
CNN transcripts with Blitzer apparently reading the Republican Talking Points and Berger's lawyer speaking English. Among other things it explains why Kerry knew nothing about it. Something to do with the professional standards of Ashcroft's Justice Department.
Start with:
BLITZER: "Brian Todd, thanks very much for that report. Samuel Berger is represented by another White House veteran."
Political Animal points out that Tom Davis, Republican chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, started this investigation in a day while the Valerie Plume probe has yet to start.