Crackdown on Whistleblowers as ‘US SHOWS NO MERCY’ (SPIEGELonline…)

…Still, the fact that Manning wasn’t convicted of aiding the enemy in no way diminishes the massive pressure that US President Barack Obama has applied on the media and potential future whistleblowers. Recently, James Risen, an investigative reporter with the New York Times, was ordered by a federal court to testify against a confidential CIA source — with the threat of imprisonment if he refused to do so. Risen said he would go to jail if necessary to protect his source. Presently, the US is prosecuting six different people on allegations that they betrayed government secrets — more than under any previous president…

Crackdown on Whistleblowers as ‘US SHOWS NO MERCY’ (SPIEGELonline…)