Reply #131: this is a CRIMINAL prosecution -- not civil. it's not about money. that's #1.

[nashville_brook]

#2 -- that a whistleblower would be criminally prosecuted for embarrassing the government, should be chilling to anyone interested in Democracy.

#3 -- the Obama administration and Congress has just reauthorized the PATRIOT Act and

#4 -- EXPANDED the power to muck around in your internet browsing records, while

#5 -- the Obama Justice Dept is likely in violation of open-records laws for refusing to release their legal opinion that gives them the right to our internet browsing records.

So, not only is the Obama administration complicit in the continuation of the surveillance power grab of the Bush admin -- they're EXPANDING it while prosecuting people blowing the whistle on abuses.