There is something pathetically childlike in the Obama administration's realization that all their "good liberal government" goals - things they've been saying for 30 years that once they were in charge, things would be different - have been tossed under the bus as the cold, hard facts of governing in a dangerous world hit home.This piece in Politico about how the administration is coming down on government leakers is instructive in this regard: In just over two years since President Barack Obama took office, prosecutors have filed criminal charges in five separate cases involving unauthorized distribution of classified national security information to the media. And the government is now mulling what would be the most high-profile case of them all - prosecuting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.That's a sharp break from recent history, when the U.S. government brought such cases on three occasions in roughly 40 years.The government insists it's only pursuing individuals who...(Read Full Post)