Let Me Be Clear

Tuesday 25 May 2010 - Filed under Dumbassery + POTUS

All those who commit unspeakable crimes for the government under the guise of National Security™ will be left alone; those who leak to the media those unspeakable crimes will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Josh Gerstein via Politico:

And it reflects a surprising development: President Barack Obama’s Justice Department has taken a hard line against leakers, and Obama himself has expressed anger about disclosures of national security deliberations in the press.

“I think it’s remarkable,” said Gabriel Schoenfeld, a fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute who urged prosecution of The New York Times for publishing details of the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program in 2005. “This is the administration that came in pledging maximum transparency. Plugging leaks is … traditionally not associated with openness.”

I was under the impression that Obama would usher in a new era of transparency in American government.  I guess you know the ol’ mantra; whatever happens in government, stays in government.

2010-05-25  »  madlibertarianguy