Backstory: The Obama Administration's Crackdown on Leaks

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 18, 2011

New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer describes how the Obama Administration is cracking down on leaks by prosecuting whistle-blowers. Her article, The Secret Sharer, appears in the May 23 issue of The New Yorker.  

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