The secret policeman speaks

You just can't criticize John Chisholm, the prosecutor who is serving the cause of justice by doing midnight raids on people who might support the evil governor of Wisconsin. Scott Walker, appearing in Iowa, seems to have committed thoughtcrime and Chisholm wants to make it clear that you can't do that. He's even, it would appear, an expert on the laws of Iowa.

Let's back up, though. Here is what Walker said about the raids that Chisholm authorized:

I said even if you're a liberal Democrat, you should look at (the raids) and be frightened to think that if the government can do that against people of one political persuasion, they can do it against anybody, and more often than not we need protection against the government itself," Walker told the radio station.

"As (the National Review) pointed out, there were real questions about the constitutionality of much of what they did, but it was really about people trying to intimidate people..." Walker said.

"They were looking for just about anything. As I pointed out at the time, it was largely a political witch hunt."

Chisholm didn't like that very much. His response?

As to defamatory remarks, I strongly suspect the Iowa criminal code, like Wisconsin's, has provisions for intentionally making false statements intended to harm the reputation of others," Chisholm said in a statement Saturday responding to Walker's comments.

Free speech is a crime, then. You can't have an opinion of John Chisholm, at least not one that you can express publicly. Guess I'd better shut up.