When the system breaks down

Head over to Obsidian Wings and enjoy hilzoy's commentary on the Newsweek whistle-blowing piece profiling agent Thomas M. Tamm, who helped expose the warrantless domestic surveillance shitshow a couple years back. The Times got a Pulitzer, its writers got book deals, Tamm and his family got screwed. Just another reminder of what principled dissent gets you on Planet Bush.