Friday, December 30, 2005
Justice Dept. Investigating Leak of NSA Program to New York Times
Witness intimidation is supposed to be against the law.
That's what the Justice Department is trying to do by investigating the whistle-blower(s) who exposed the illegal NSA eavesdropping program.
This is blatant abuse of power. The wingnuts will say "we have to investigate all leaks of classified information." Funny, that's not what Rove and Libby's defenders say in the Plamegate case.
The exposure of government wrongdoing is essential to the effort to preserve the remaining freedoms that Americans possess.
It was inevitable that the investigation would happen, but it shows the attitude of the administration towards the Constitutional rights of Americans.
It's another bad sign.
