Governing class accountability

Linked by Instapundit, Colbert King wonders if Sandy Berger is a test case for governing class accountability.

I don't see it that way. I am inclined to believe that the government would be better off holding out the possibility of prosecution in order to gain some information from Sandy Berger. The only way we will know they have failed is if they indict him. Mr. Berger seems like a man who has a lot to hide. It would explain his reckless actions in destroying classified documents, something he has already admitted to doing. I want to know why and also what else Mr. Berger has done that could bear some close scrutiny.

In face of the sudden, inexplicable, unpredicted upsurge in countries who are developing or have recently developed nuclear weapons and the problems at Livermore and other facilities and the transfer of missile technology while Mr. Berger was effectively in charge of national security, as well as wondering about Mr. Berger's lobbying efforts on behalf of the Chinese, I am holding off seeing the Manchurian Candidate. This story is infinitely more fraught with danger.

UPDATE: There is something lacking in the WashPo reporter story. The more I think of it, it's because it's a classic lawyer "charge em or shut up" defense.