The Obama administration, which touts itself as “the most transparent administration in history,” continued its crackdown on government whistleblowers during criminal proceedings Tuesday as Federal prosecutors argued there is no privilege protecting reporters from revealing confidential sources. In their Feb. 28 reply brief in the case of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, who is accused of leaking classified information to the New York Times, federal prosecutors wrote that Times journalist James Risen has no “reporter’s privilege” protecting him from revealing his sources.