Tue, Mar 9th 2021 9:30am
Tim Cushing
Ah, we were so young then. We excoriated the Obama administration for attacking and prosecuting whistleblowers at a faster clip than
any other administration in history.
This happened despite the fact Obama presided over some of the most historic leaks in history ones that kickstarted changes in surveillance programs and surveillance attitudes. The Obama Administration claimed to be the most transparent ever, but behind the scenes, it worked tirelessly to punish whistleblowers and leakers who were bringing
actual transparency to entities that had long resisted it.
The facts about the late, not-so-great Trump Administration are continuing to leak out. And Obama s enthusiasm for punishing professional and amateur transparency enthusiasts has been outdone by his successor a man who often engaged in leaking himself through his Twitter account. Here s Ken Klippenstein with the details: