Daniel Ellsberg: Petraeus Case Shows Hypocrisy of Whistleblower Crackdown

Nadia Prupis @ Common Dreams - The U.S. government's "hand-slap" treatment of former CIA director David Petraeus, who in 2012 leaked classified military information to his biographer and mistress, Paula Broadwell, stands in stark contrast to the Obama administration's aggressive crackdown on whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Jeffrey Sterling, and John Kiriakou—and should be the turning point away from such policies.  Read more.