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by adventured 4710 days ago
The ouch is that the Obama Administration has been hyper aggressive in attacking whistle blowers and leaks of all kinds.

"The Obama administration has already charged more people — six — under the Espionage Act for alleged mishandling of classified information than all past presidencies combined. (Prior to Obama, there were only three such cases in American history.)"

http://www.salon.com/2012/02/09/obamas_unprecedented_war_on_...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/obama-whistleblower...