By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

Tony Muia was born and raised in Brooklyn and always loved the Christmas lights of Dyker Heights, an Italian-American neighborhood where proud locals cover their homes in twinkling bulbs and fill their front yards with life-size Santas and Nativity scenes.
"We have a few houses like this, but not so many in one strip. It's incredible," said Julie Morgan of Sydney. "I've been to Brooklyn before, but I would never have found this on my own."