Are Assange's fears justified?

[EFerrari]

19. "US free speech law will, with few exceptions, protect anyone who merely received & published info."

While you were sleeping:

Jane Mayer on the Obama war on whistle-blowers
http://www.salon.com/2011/05/16/whistleblowers_6/

Obama has Prosecuted More Whistleblowers than All Other Presidents COMBINED
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/04/obama-has-prosecuted-more-whistleblowers-than-all-other-presidents-combined.html

WikiLeakers and Whistle-Blowers: Obama's Hard Line
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2058340,00.html

Ellsberg ciriticizes Obama for prosecution of whistleblowers
http://www.whistleblowersblog.org/2010/06/articles/whistleblowers-government-empl/terrorism/ellsberg-ciriticizes-obama-for-prosecution-of-whistleblowers/


Obama More Aggressive Than Bush In Targeting Whistleblowers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/11/obama-whistleblowers_n_609787.html

Get the Whistleblowers
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/get-the-whistleblowers/

President Obama: Prosecuting Whistleblowers, Intimidating Their Supporters
http://news.change.org/stories/president-obama-prosecuting-whistleblowers-intimidating-their-supporters

Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state?
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/23/110523fa_fact_mayer#ixzz1yxqN7oOF

Obama’s War on Whistleblowers
http://harpers.org/archive/2010/08/hbc-90007562

Former CIA officer charged in leaks case
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/former-cia-officer-charged-in-leaks/2012/01/23/gIQA3AhTLQ_story.html

Olympus Whistleblower Said to Face Questions by SEC in U.S. Investigation
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-18/olympus-whistleblower-said-to-face-questions-by-sec-in-u-s-investigation.html

President Obama Indicts Sixth Whistleblower Under the Espionage Act
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002535136



Yeah, that Assange is really a big pain and so are his supporters.