Brad Smith Responds to My Politico Oped on Disclosure and Accountability

Here.  My piece speaks for itself.  I’ll only add that I’ve looked at the evidence in the most highly controversial cases, involving gay marriage measures, and there is no evidence that campaign contributors face any kind of serious harassment like the SWATing example brought forward by Smith.  Even less evidence as to members of the Chamber of Commerce or the Chief Justice.  So the SWATing example, while deplorable, has no application to the typical context of campaign finance disclosure in the normal course.

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