In what can be interpreted as nothing other than an effort to intentionally sabotage Clint’s case, which at that time was before the Secretary of the Army, who had the power to dismiss it, Berger called Clint a “bad apple” in front of hundreds of people, with the media present, and said Clint had gone “off the rails,” likening him to Lt. William Calley, who was accused of the mass murder of 109 South Vietnamese civilians and convicted of mass murder of 22 South Vietnamese civilians.
