Treasury Knew of I.R.S. Inquiry in 2012, Official Says -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department’s inspector general told senior Treasury officials in June 2012 he was auditing the Internal Revenue Service’s screening of politically active organizations seeking tax exemptions, disclosing for the first time on Friday that Obama administration officials were aware of the matter during the presidential campaign year.
At the first Congressional hearing into the I.R.S. scandal, J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, told members of the House Ways and Means Committee that he informed the Treasury’s general counsel of his audit on June 4, and Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin “shortly thereafter.”
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My Comment: I know that this news story is not a defense/war/conflict post .... but many are asking for my opinion .... and so here it is.
While Benghazi is important because 4 Americans died .... and the American people have a right to know what happen even though many in Washington and the White House are trying their best to close the book .... it is the IRS scandal that is catching my attention. Even the New York Times is now acknowledging that the White House was aware that the IRS was targeting conservatives back in June 2012 .... but choose to do nothing about it. As to acting IRS commissioner Steven T. Miller's testimony today .... it is obvious that he knew what was happening .... but did not care.
I am not an American .... just a Russian national who is now a Canadian citizen looking from the outside in .... and I am just shaking my head. There is something terribly wrong in the U.S. right now .... when the IRS has been politicized to go after a specific political group, it does not take a 'political scientist and historian' to know that you are entering a very dark place .... and being one who grew up in such a place (the former Soviet Union) .... trust me on this one .... it is a place that you do not want to find yourself living in.
Update: 'Is this still America?' Congressional hearing turns into IRS smackdown as disgraced former commissioner and Treasury Inspector General face tea-party scandal questions -- Daily Mail
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Oh I'm pretty sure our president and his cronies very much want a government like that. So much either to do what you want when you crush your opposition.
Keeping in mind that the IRS blew the whistle on themselves - think how bad the Benghazi story must be if Obama would rather everyone focus on corruption in the IRS...
Thank you for your thoughts. Some of us in the U.S. still care, and are trying to turn things around. Rather quixotically -- but we're trying.
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