White House Uses Espionage Act to Pursue Leak Cases

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Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth

After promising to enhance whistle-blower laws to protect federal workers, the Obama administration has used the Espionage Act as a kind of ad hoc Official Secrets Act.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/business/media/white-house-uses-espionage-act-to-pursue-leak-cases-media-equation.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

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