Administration to prosecute whistle-blowers.(using illegal warrantless wiretaps)(Brief article)

From the "intelligence failures" of 9/11 and the Iraq war, to the criminal exposure of CIA operative Valerie Plame, to the use of illegal warrantless wiretaps, the Bush administration has zealously obstructed efforts to conduct full and honest investigations. Now the administration is displaying great zeal to investigate and prosecute the government officials and reporters responsible for publicizing the president's use of illegal wiretaps--a revelation the administration has characterized as a criminal disclosure of classified information.

Federal law enforcement agents have been conducting interviews, and criminal prosecutors at the Justice Department are laying "the groundwork for a grand jury that could lead to criminal charges," noted the February 12 New York Times (a newspaper which is a target of the investigation). In recent congressional testimony, CIA Director Porter Goss stated: "It is my aim and it is my hope that we will witness a grand jury investigation with reporters present being ...