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carbinemike said:The claims of rogue low level agents pulling the tea party harassment is quickly falling apart:
http://www.fox19.com/story/22380127...cincinnati-agent-giving-orders-in-irs-scandal
The Tea Party held a protest at the Ohio IRS office that spear headed the harassment. No local law enforcement to keep an eye on things...it was all DHS.
carbinemike said:The IRS leadership excuse of a few rogue agents is unraveling faster than I expected. One letter has the signature of Lois Lerner who was at the top of the IRS when the harassment occurred. Now to tie it to the administration...that will probably be more difficult although the arrogant attitude of "we can do what we want" may help it along with a paper trail.
Additional scrutiny of conservative organizations’ activities by the IRS did not solely originate in the agency’s Cincinnati office, with requests for information coming from other offices and often bearing the signatures of higher-ups at the agency, according to attorneys representing some of the targeted groups. At least one letter requesting information about one of the groups bears the signature of Lois Lerner, the suspended director of the IRS Exempt Organizations department in Washington.
Jay Sekulow, an attorney representing 27 conservative political advocacy organizations that applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status, provided some of the letters to NBC News. He said the groups’ contacts with the IRS prove that the practices went beyond a few “front line” employees in the Cincinnati office, as the IRS has maintained.
“We've dealt with 15 agents, including tax law specialists -- that's lawyers -- from four different offices, including (the) Treasury (Department) in Washington, D.C.,” Sekulow said. “So the idea that this is a couple of rogue agents in Cincinnati is not correct.”
GunnyGene said:The pawns are always thrown under the bus first - that's SOP.