“Bush’s War on the Press.” ::: ALTERMAN

the Washington Post’s Dan Eggen reported this past Sunday, the pushback against not only reporters, but also federal whistleblowers, has been swift and severe. Eggen’s found “dozens” of employees from the CIA, the NSA and other intelligence agencies who have been interviewed by FBI agents “investigating possible leaks that led to reports about secret CIA prisons and the NSA’s warrantless domestic surveillance program.” What’s more, many employees at the CIA, FBI and the Justice Department “have received letters from Justice prohibiting them from discussing even unclassified issues related to the NSA program.”