Labor Department's Threatens Criminal Charges for Talking; And Other Indicia of Where We Are

The Labor Department (of all agencies!) is threatening to bring criminal charges against employees who talk to reporters: Labor Department Says Staff Could Face Criminal Charges for Leaks — ProPublica

---The Small Business Administration is investigating staff for talking to the press or former colleagues.

---Michael Lewis' popular new book, "Who is Government," mentions the months-long effort he was forced to go through with FDA's communications department to talk to public servant Heather Stone for one of his profiles. How have journalists come to the point of referring to tyrannical suppression just in passing? And this from an agency that holds our lives in its hands.