Target of secret John Doe probe is fighting back and speaking out

MADISON, Wis. — On the eve of the one-year anniversary of sweeping raids in Wisconsin’s politically charged John Doe investigation into conservative activists, Eric O’Keefe, one of the targets of that probe, is going public in a big way.  Speaking at length for the first time O’Keefe, a director of the conservative Wisconsin Club for Growth, tells Wisconsin Reporter he was shocked by the prosecutors’ tactics: predawn, paramilitary-style raids on the homes of conservatives, and the confiscation of their papers and electronic equipment.  “We ran a meticulous political operation; not only did we comply with Wisconsin’s laws — we were over-compliant, as we knew that Kevin Kennedy (director of the state Government Accountability Board) was hostile to WCFG as well as independent political speech in general. So we ran only issue ads — and none pertained to the elections for governor.”

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WSJ: The IRS Scandal Started at the Top

Hat tip: John H. Detweiler (via email) Subject: The Real IRS Story - If you didn't see the Wall Street Journal this morning, this will tell you what's REALLY going on (as if you didn't know it). Pass it on.

By Strassel -The bureaucrats at the Internal Revenue Service did exactly what the president said was the right and honorable thing to do. - Was the White House involved in the IRS's targeting of conservatives? No investigation needed to answer that one. Of course it was. ✧ President Obama and Co. are in full deniability mode, noting that the IRS is an "independent" agency and that they knew nothing about its abuse. The media and Congress are sleuthing for some hint that Mr. Obama picked up the phone and sicced the tax dogs on his enemies. ✧ But that's not how things work in post-Watergate Washington. Mr. Obama didn't need to pick up the phone. All he needed to do was exactly what he did do, in full view, for three years: Publicly suggest that conservative political groups were engaged in nefarious deeds; publicly call out by name political opponents whom he'd like to see harassed; and publicly have his party pressure the IRS to take action. Read more at the Wall Street Journal... Read More......