May 10, 2013 Out of the blue, the Internal Revenue Service has apologized for targeting conservative groups with "tea party" or "patriot" in their titles for special treatment in applying for tax exempt nonprofit organization status. House investigation to come. My take: The employees involved should be fired and prosecuted. The affected groups should be compensated for the additional costs they incurred in responding to this illegal harassment, and Congress should take the money out of the IRS's travel-and-entertainment budget. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog...e_for_obama_administration.html#ixzz2Sw439bma P.S., Nothing will happen to those employees at the IRS that "Profiled" the individuals. Though they should be fired. They were only following orders. Hmm..., didn't Nazi's make the same claims.
By LAUREN FRENCH 5/11/13 Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew employees were singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny as early as 2011, according to a watchdog agencys report set to be released next week, POLITICO has confirmed from a congressional source. The disclosure that senior officials knew agents were flagging applications containing the words patriot or tea party contradicts public statements by former IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. He repeatedly denied that his agency was targeting conservative groups when asked by Congress last year. Theres absolutely no targeting. This is the kind of back and forth that happens to people who apply for tax-exempt status, Shulman told a House Ways and Means subcommittee in March 2012. The Internal Revenue Service is in the process of confirming when its leadership was informed, according an IRS statement released Saturday. IRS senior leadership was not aware of this level of specific details at the time of the March 2012 hearing. The timeline does not contradict the Commissioners testimony. While Exempt Organizations officials knew of the situation earlier, the timeline reflects that IRS senior leadership did not have this level of detail, the statement reads. The revelation about senior leadership adds fuel to the agencys admission Friday that at least 75 conservative groups were flagged for extra review because their tax documents contained the words tea party or patriot. Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/irs-knew-tea-party-targeted-in-2011-91214.html#ixzz2T2rdY400 Of course IRS Senior Official appointees were aware of this criminal endeavor. They got the go ahead from Obama. Just as Obama gave the orders to 'Stand Down' the rescue attempts in Benghazi. This is the corrupt administration that Americans were suckered into re-electing again.
By Lori Lowenthal Marcus 5/11/13 For more than a year the U.S. Congress has been investigating whether the Internal Revenue Service was inappropriately treating conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, or burdening such groups with requests and demands which are impermissible, as many had claimed. Friday, May 10, the IRS person in charge of the division dealing with non-profits, Lois Lerner, apologized for actions taken by the agency which were based on political affiliation. That was absolutely incorrect, it was insensitive and it was inappropriate. Thats not how we go about selecting cases for further review, Lerner said at a conference sponsored by the American Bar Association. The IRS would like to apologize for that, she added. How did the IRS do this? By singling out dozens of organizations for additional reviews because they included the words tea party or patriot in their exemption applications, Lerner admitted. The Ways and Means Committee has been seeking information on precisely this activity and the IRS repeatedly denied they were targeting conservative grassroots organizations, said committee chair Dave Camp (R-MI) in response to the revelation. He announced that the committee will soon hold hearings on this now-admitted practice by the IRS. Camp stated in a press release issued just after the admission of wrongdoing by the IRS, The IRS absolutely must be non-partisan in its enforcement of our tax laws. The admission by the agency that it targeted American taxpayers based on politics is both shocking and disappointing. The Committee on Ways and Means will thoroughly investigate this matter and will soon hold a hearing to get to the bottom of this situation. We will hold the IRS accountable for its actions. PRO-ISRAEL GROUP SUED IRS CLAIMING TARGETING PRACTICE Hmm..., Do ya think this goes deeper than just an over zealous IRS employee?
