The New York Times has a great article today criticizing the Barack Obama White House's apparent opposition to beefing up First Amendment protections for journalists. When he was Senator, Obama co-sponsored a bill that would provide strong protection for government whistleblowers, but now that he's in the big chair, he's stepping back.
Although it pains me to say this, I agree with the recent convert to the Democratic Party, Senator Arlen Specter:
Mr. Specter said lawmakers should vote the bill out and let the Obama administration, which has not taken an official stance on the bill, deal with it openly.
“If the president wants to veto it, let him veto it,” Mr. Specter said. “I think it is different for the president to veto a bill than simply to pass the word from his subordinates to my subordinates that he doesn’t like the bill.”
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