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. >>> a report by "new york times" columnist david carr says the obama administration has been, quote, more prone than any administration in history in trying to silence and prosecute federal workers who are also whistle blowers, end quote. >> but as gary nurenberg reports, this crockdown on whistle blowers is also growing in local governments as well. >> reporter: the disclosures can be big ones about 9/11 and national security. >> regarding what anything they could have known or should have known. >> reporter: or escorts like for charlie sheen. howard county's thomas drake was a senior agent who testified about new snooping software. >> i provided significant amounts of evidence about massive fraud and abuse. >> reporter: he says the government didn't like it when he gave unclassified information about it to a newspaper reporter and charged him under the espionage act. >> i faced upwards of 5 years -- of 35 years in prison. >> reporter: president obama promised to protect whistle blowers. >> there have been more prosecutions under this president of whistle blowers using the espionag

. >>> new york times david carr reported today the obama administration has been more prone than anydd in any separation in history in trying to silence and prosecute federal workers. >> gary nurenberg reports this crack down on whistle blowers is also growing at local governments as well. >> reporter: the disclosures can be big ones about 911 and national security. >> regarding what they could have known or should have known. >> or little ones like local police escorts. >> what we're seeing is intense retaliation against anyone who comes forward to report misconduct. >> howard county was a senior executive at the national security agency who testified about new snooping software. >> i provided them significant amounts of prime aphasia evidence regarding the massive abuse with a program called trailblazerser which at the time was nsa's flagship program, a multibillion dollar program. >> the government didn't like it when he gave unclassified information about it to a newspaper reporter and charged him. >> i face over 35 years in prison if i've been found guilty of all charges. >> run

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