Saturday, June 18, 2011

White House Trying To Stop Intelligence Leaks

U.S. Pressing Its Crackdown Against Leaks -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — Stephen J. Kim, an arms expert who immigrated from South Korea as a child, spent a decade briefing top government officials on the dangers posed by North Korea. Then last August he was charged with violating the Espionage Act — not by aiding some foreign adversary, but by revealing classified information to a Fox News reporter.

Mr. Kim’s case is next in line in the Obama administration’s unprecedented crackdown on leaks, after the crumbling last week of the case against a former National Security Agency official, Thomas A. Drake. Accused of giving secrets to The Baltimore Sun, Mr. Drake pleaded guilty to a minor charge and will serve no prison time and pay no fine.

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My Comment:
In the age of the internet and organizations like Wikileaks .... I wish the administration the best in trying to stop the impossible.

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