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POLITICO: Despite openness pledge, President Obama pursues leakers. ?The Obama administration, whi?

By Glenn Reynolds

POLITICO: Despite openness pledge, President Obama pursues leakers. “The Obama administration, which famously pledged to be the most transparent in American history, is pursuing an unexpectedly aggressive legal offensive against federal workers who leak secret information to expose wrongdoing, highlight national security threats or pursue a personal agenda. . . . That?s a sharp break from recent history, when the U.S. government brought such cases on three occasions in roughly 40 years.” Plus this: ?The campaign here against whistleblowers is actually unprecedented in legal terms.? It’s like they’ve got something to hide. Or maybe they just lack the Bush Administration’s dedication to the principles of openness and a free press. . . .

Anyway, remember the fierce moral urgency of change? Well, this is what you voted for when you voted for change. Suckers.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 07, 2011 (boomark / email).