What about our civil rights law?

This weekend there were a number of news stories about how our fine federal government will investigate and prosecute any leaks of classified information about the NSA domestic spying program. See THIS LINK as an example.

The new fact is that our esteemed Attorney General will also go after the reporters too, and not just the leaker. Talk about chilling our rights to a free press! Last I checked, the freedom of press is still a protected civil liberty.

I propose this little idea: If the feds prosecute a leaker or reporter, and the federal whistleblower law, or our general constitutional protections, result in their acquital, then that federal prosecutor and any of his/her superiors who ordered the prosectution, should themselves be prosecuted for violations of civil rights under the federal civil rights laws. That would even the playing field a little bit! It is a crime for one or more persons acting under color of law willfully to deprive or conspire to deprive another person of any right protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. See THIS web site.

Anyone wanting to make a criminal complaint against the Attorney General should go THIS LINK. Ironic, huh?