Fear of retribution

In the post below, I quoted a Department of Justice official fearful to speak on the record "for fear of retaliation."

In this article, we hear the same echo from a employees at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The people who described the inquiry and the declining morale include officials unhappy with the corporation's course under Mr. Tomlinson. Concerned about retribution, they spoke on condition of anonymity.

I hear this fear even among my friends. I know a woman who is planning a long-awaited trip abroad and is fearful to express any dissent for fear that she may be put on a no fly list and literally prevented from leaving the country. This is a person who, in a former life, regulary participated in protests. And it is this same fear of retribution that has paralyzed so many of the institutions we expect to be our watchdogs of this administration: the Press, and even more importantly, our Democratic leaders in Washington.

Have I mentioned today how much I hate what these people are doing to our country?

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