"Oh, ha ha ha, isn't that just hilarious? Bill Daley, and the White House he runs, are all for leaking, history bears out even the most highly classified government secrets, and doing so in an organized pre-planned fashion, when it serves their little self-centric petty political interests. But god help an honest citizen like Thomas Drake who, after exhausting all other avenues of pursuit within the government, leaks only the bare minimum information necessary to expose giant government waste, fraud and illegality"
""I call; I'm not as aggressive leaking and stroking," Daley says. "I'm not reflecting on Rahm, but I'm not angling for something else, you know? Rahm is a lot younger [Emmanuel is 51], and he knew he was going to be doing something else in two years or four years or eight years, and I'm in a different stage. I'm not going to become the leaker in chief.""
U.S. government secrecy is frequently abused for political gain, with administrations using classified evidence disingenuously. The Obama administration escalated this practice by openly endorsing coordinated leaks of sensitive information when politically convenient. Bill Daley explicitly stated support for 'organized' leaking while distancing himself from individual leaksters. Simultaneously, the government aggressively prosecutes whistleblowers such as Thomas Drake who disclose limited information to expose waste, fraud, and illegality. Favoring politically useful leaks while punishing public-interest disclosures reveals a striking double standard in secrecy and transparency enforcement. The result undermines public trust and chills legitimate whistleblowing.
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