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Why Darrell Issa Just Asked The IRS To Hand Over A Hard Drive
The Washington Times ^ | 6/17/14 | Susan Ferrechio

Posted on 06/18/2014 12:28:29 AM PDT by Lmo56

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on Tuesday issued a subpoena to the Internal Revenue Service, ordering the agency to turn over the hard drive they claim is responsible for wiping out two years of critical email communications.

Issa has dramatically widened his probe into the IRS after the agency announced last week that it had lost the emails, which may have provided information about an IRS policy of targeting for extra scrutiny and delay many conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: harddrive; irs; issa
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I wonder if the hard drive will take the Fifth ...
1 posted on 06/18/2014 12:28:29 AM PDT by Lmo56
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I wonder if the hard drive will show evidence of being wiped.


2 posted on 06/18/2014 12:30:34 AM PDT by DB
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To: Lmo56

Issa has been IMPOTENT in this SCANDAL investigation!! IMPOTENT!


3 posted on 06/18/2014 12:36:50 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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They will soon learn that all the hard drives have been destroyed and buried in an undisclosed landfill. Standard procedure for the IRS, of course! /sarc


4 posted on 06/18/2014 12:41:52 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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Why doesn’t he force her to offer up all her email addresses. All of them.


5 posted on 06/18/2014 12:47:15 AM PDT by Thebaddog (Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar.)
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They will soon learn that all the hard drives have been destroyed and buried in an undisclosed landfill Marcy Park. Standard procedure for the IRS, of course! /sarc
6 posted on 06/18/2014 1:04:24 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: Lmo56
Chairman Darrell Issa on Tuesday issued a subpoena to the Internal Revenue Service, ordering the agency to turn over the hard drive they claim is responsible for wiping out two years of critical email communications.

"The" hard drive. Singular.

I know that Issa asked for backups too, but too much of the reporting on this subject pretends that this is about one hard drive on one computer. That is the left's preferred narrative, and it's not true. There will be at least multiple copies of the emails on RAID arrays.

Let Issa call Symantec's Chief Technology Officer to testify on the likelihood that the IRS's Symantec Netbackup software lost Lerner's emails because a single hard drive went down.

7 posted on 06/18/2014 1:20:44 AM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: Ann Archy

Issa is impotent on all the Obama scandals. That’s why Boehner and the Dems want him right where he is.


9 posted on 06/18/2014 1:43:35 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: TChad

I have not been following this very closely- so I do not know if this point has been raised.

I receive an email from you (this is an example), you are outside or inside my organization. I make changes or comments to your email, I then email back to you.

At the very least - I should have copy of your original in my inbox and the new in my sent box(comments added) email, as you should of the original without my comments.
If the distribution list was large everyone should have a copy, or more depending on how many replies said email generated.

This answer by the IRS boggles the mind for shear arrogance.


10 posted on 06/18/2014 1:51:15 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: Ann Archy

Issa has been impotent in EVERY scandal investigation.All bark, no bite.


11 posted on 06/18/2014 1:55:55 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where?)
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Come on Darrell,
Obammy and company are playing you for a punk.


12 posted on 06/18/2014 2:30:46 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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Why doesn’t he force her to offer up all her email addresses. All of them.

I've been saying that for a year. I'm sure alot of democratic 'business' has been on back channels via yahoo, aol, hotmail, msn...
13 posted on 06/18/2014 2:31:33 AM PDT by ratzoe (damn, I miss Barbara Olson)
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Every email that I send or receive on my government computer is archived somewhere, not on my computer. I have a hard time believing that all of those emails were lost... I’m pretty sure the systems are redundant.


14 posted on 06/18/2014 2:45:33 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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I wonder if the hard drive will show evidence of being wiped

I wonder if it will be the correct hard drive?

15 posted on 06/18/2014 3:11:22 AM PDT by Mark17 ( Rudyard Kipling: it is unhealthy, for scum bags to awaken the sleeping Saxon, and torque his jaws)
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In the end, this will all come down to “executive privilege” and the records will be sealed with dutiful assistance from the dept of Just-Us...


16 posted on 06/18/2014 3:14:37 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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17 posted on 06/18/2014 3:20:20 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: exDemMom

NSA has copies!


18 posted on 06/18/2014 3:53:55 AM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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“There will be at least multiple copies of the emails on RAID arrays.”

Every time I did my required offsite backups I always made two copies. One copy I kept on site for my use in case of a needed restore because developers were always trashing their files. It’s just not believable that the storage admins didn’t do the same in this case.


19 posted on 06/18/2014 4:21:12 AM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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To: Ann Archy

Of course not.

He is diligently proceeding to gather evidence necessary to make the kill.


20 posted on 06/18/2014 4:24:18 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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