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

Moviegoers at a San Diego theater ducked for cover as police stormed in during a movie and shot and wounded an armed domestic violence suspect pretending to be a patron.
He said the man had left a suicide note at his Escondido home before going to his girlfriend's workplace to confront her.
The officers thought their lives were threatened, he said, "and more importantly, they thought the lives of others were in jeopardy."