PEGGY NOONAN: The era of metadata. It's not the data. It never is. It's the people who can access the data, and over at least the last 4-1/2 years, the Obama administration has proven itself to be corrupt, venal, vindictive, ruthless and petty.

As has been commonly observed, a fish rots from the head, and President Obama has directly (possibly) or indirectly (certainly) given license to his minions throughout government to lie to, cheat, bully, and steal from the citizens of the United States.