Watchdog: IRS agents would not say who ordered targeting program

Fox ^ | 6/3/13 | Fox

[Nachum]

The watchdog who exposed the IRS' targeting of conservative groups testified Monday that nobody in the Ohio office being blamed for the scandal would tell his investigators who directed the program, as the new IRS chief vowed to "get to the bottom" of that growing question.

Nearly a month after the scandal broke, the issue of who directed agents in Cincinnati to single out Tea Party and other groups is perhaps the most glaring unanswered question. Inspector General J. Russell George, at a House appropriations subcommittee hearing, revealed Monday that his audit of the agency tried -- unsuccessfully -- to get to the root of the targeting.

"We did pose that question and no one would acknowledge who, if anyone, provided that direction," he said.

Danny Werfel, testifying for the first time in his new role as acting IRS commissioner, acknowledged: "We have to get to the bottom of it." However, he also said he has not yet asked who ordered the program.

[I am Richard Brandon]

"If they wont talk they should be fired and prosecuted."

Obstruction of Justice. What penalty is there for that?

[I am Richard Brandon]

This is an interesting example of misdirection. We are now all in a tizzy about who allocated the cases. Surely what we want to know as well is who ordered the harassment of the chosen few. They may be the same, or they may be a different person.

[GOPJ]

This will be a criminal investigation soon...

[edboock]

I would start by firing each and every employee of the Cincinnati operation. Sell the building to private industry to get it on the tax roles. I like to inject some irony whenever possible.

Every employee fired would be ineligible for unemployment insurance or any taxpayer funded job ever again. State, federal, or local.

Every IRS employee that wanted to continue working would need to expose his career to the tender mercies of the private sector without any letter of recommendation. Might as well be an ex-con looking for a job.

Then I’d start asking the same question again if anybody remembers who ordered the targeting. Prison is generally considered worse than mere unemployment.

[M Kehoe]

Valerie Jarrett.

5.56mm

[Earthdweller]

Headline: Magic bus community stays silent on suspect doing the throwing, no mention of driver giving the orders.

[Iron Munro]

And there’s our problem: nobody in the admin has even had their vacation time threatened, let alone the prospect of jail time.

In this case, the watchdogs of our freedom are the criminals.

Having Obama, Jarrett and Holder run the country is like putting Hitler in charge of the Jewish Relief Fund.

Or letting Bill Clinton be headmaster of a young girls finishing school.