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The Obama administration’s crackdown on leaks to the press has snared a high-profile conviction of an FBI linguist, who was sentenced to 20 months in prison Monday after pleading guilty to giving classified information to a blogger.
The sentence for Shamai Leibowitz is likely to become the longest ever served by a government employee accused of passing national security secrets to a member of the media. His case represents only the third known conviction in U.S. history for a government official or contractor providing classified information to the press.
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Ok, so we can all get behind the President in support of cracking down on leaks to the media, right?
Or can we?
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Some experts said the administration and the Justice Department may be trying to appease the intelligence community after angering many by releasing the so-called torture memos and by reopening inquiries into alleged torture by CIA personnel.
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Ah, ok. Now I get it.
Do as I say, not as I do.
So, when the President believes it serves a noble political purpose to release classified CIA memos, its A-OK. But when leaks are made to the press that are inflammatory to the President, he seeks to have them incarcerated.
How can anyone look at this President with any amount of credibility? His Holier Than Thou outlook on governing this nation is precisely why he'll be booted from office after one term.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37721.html
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