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Hot Air:
For those who don’t recall the now-infamous “John Doe” investigation in Wisconsin, it began with the suspicion that Scott Walker’s recall-defense campaign was illegally coordinating with outside conservative groups. Even the basis for this complaint was fraudulent, as Wisconsin’s Supreme Court eventually ruled; there is no legal restriction on communication with other groups as long as it produces no explicit endorsement. But the special prosecutors used this probe to intimidate an untold number of conservatives into silence, conducted secret raids and threatened any of their targets who spoke about them publicly, and secretly accessed their communications as well.
The Wisconsin court ordered prosecutor Francis Schmitz to notify the targets of the electronic surveillance. http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/special-prosecutor-in-john-doe-sends-159-notices-on-records-obtained-b99646465z1-364288731.html, showing the scope of the attack on privacy and political thought by Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board.
Over 150 notices?
Based on what we see here, Governor Walker should appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Schmitz and his team for potential violations of the law and of prosecutorial ethics. Wisconsin should act to either disband the GAB or to considerably shrink its authority and power at the same time [see update]. These were nothing but police-state tactics to intimidate conservatives from political activism in order to sustain a progressive status quo preferred by the governing class.
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Update: From Steve Eggleston in the comments: “Already done. The GAB will cease to exist come July 1, and the John Doe process has since been limited to crimes such as rape and murder.” I’d forgotten that Walker had fulfilled his promise on the GAB. Thanks for a most excellent reminder.
Putting this clowns under the same investigative exam they went after opponents would be a bit of karma. Let those guys rack up some legal bills.
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