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

There are devastating reminders of what took place Sept. 11, 2001, the most prominent being the holes where the original towers once stood. Today, 10 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, ground zero is a jumble.

All along the East Coast, from Georgia to New England, people weren't sure for a second what they were feeling. And then they were.