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Justice Department Leakers of Classified Info. Get a Pass

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What's the common denominator of the people who are facing criminal jeopardy?  They are whistleblowers--who disclosed information that was in the public's interest to know, but which the government found embarrassing. The Justice Department is about anything but justice.

Props to Josh Gerstein of Politico for bringing the original Freedom of Information Act request for information on leak probes, and the ensuing lawsuit to enforce it, back in 2006, which shows, once again, blatant hypocrisy disguised as Executive privilege, and an utter lack of accountability.

Tags: Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Josh Gerstein, Justice Department, Thomas Drake, Stephen Kim, Jeffrey Sterling, Shamai Liebowitz, Maxine Chesney, Office of Professional Responsibility

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My name is Jesselyn Radack and I am the former Justice Department ethics attorney and whistleblower in the case of "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh. In today's issue of The National Law Journal (Feb. 19, 2007), I have an Op-Ed entitled (more...)
 
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