The government overreaches on a suspected leak

``IN THE END, the case against Thomas A. Drake fizzled. Originally charged with multiple counts under the Espionage Act and potentially facing decades behind bars, the former National Security Agency employee pleaded guilty last week to the minor charge of unauthorized use of a computer -- a misdemeanor that carries no jail time and no fine... Prosecutors based their charges on Mr. Drake's exchanges with a Baltimore Sun reporter about an NSA surveillance program Mr. Drake believed was mismanaged and wasting billions of taxpayer dollars. He was set to go to trial on Monday. ''