Most (though not quite all) of the relevant documents are posted on the NCSE web site. I reference some of the more salient emails in my blog post on the issue. You really should read them and judge this case on its own merits, not on those of other cases.
http://homepage.mac.com/gerardharbison/blog/RWP_blog.html#psk314384235
I did. All the talk in the world is worth nothing if he can't actually show adverse action towards himself. While there was none, he certainly tried to make bureaucratic normalcy look like persecution.