Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth

[Dammy]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/b...ases-media-equation.html?_r=3&ref=todayspaper

He then suggested that the administration seemed to believe that “the truth should come out abroad; it shouldn’t come out here.”

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[redrumloa]

The Obama administration, which promised during its transition to power that it would enhance “whistle-blower laws to protect federal workers,” has been more prone than any administration in history in trying to silence and prosecute federal workers.

The Espionage Act, enacted back in 1917 to punish those who gave aid to our enemies, was used three times in all the prior administrations to bring cases against government officials accused of providing classified information to the media. It has been used six times since the current president took office.

Hope and change.