WaPo: In Obama’s war on leaks, reporters fight back
"With the passage of the Patriot Act after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks... journalists who cover national security and do investigations are facing vast and unprecedented challenges in their efforts to hold the government accountable to its citizens... Sanger, who has worked for the Times in Washington for two decades, said, 'This is most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered.'" [rdbrewer]