Assessing the Candidates: Obama’s Whistleblower War Leaves Dangerous Legacy for Future Presidents

Here’s the thing about President Obama’s war on whistleblowers: In bringing espionage charges in nine cases involving disclosures or alleged misuse of classified information, the current administration has set a floor, rather than a ceiling, on the number and types of whistleblower espionage cases a future President can bring. And here’s another thing: With leaders […]

Abbe Lowell Points to Petraeus’ Lies in Bid to Have Stephen Kim Released Early

Defense Attorney Abbe Lowell wants to know why his client, Stephen Kim, was denied a misdemeanor plea related to a leak investigation because he lied to FBI when David Petraeus also lied to FBI, but got a misdemeanor plea.