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

Alex Zanardi just can't stop racing. The former Formula One driver is vying for a Paralympic medal Wednesday in paracycling — a hand cycle powered by the arms — at the Brands Hatch race track, where he once raced cars. It's really incredible, when you realize the 45-year-old almost died in a horrific accident in a 2001 CART race in Germany.