The Washington Post (Mar. 5) reports, in "White House Trains Efforts on Media Leaks," that the Bush administration is gearing up to crack down hard on those who would treacherously inform the People of what their government gets up to. "The first thing we do, let's kill all the messengers," wasn't it? (Unless they're authorized by the VP, of course.)
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