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The DOJ pursues the "real criminal" in the NSA spying scandal

While the high-level lawbreakers are protected from consequences by our political class, only the courageous whistle-blower is subject to criminal prosecution.

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    Tamm's real crime is that he's not a member of the beltway aristocracy. If he was he'd be protected.

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