[Lazamataz]

IRS Agents Pose as Clergy to Access Privileged Information

This differs from the actions of the KGB in the USSR, how, exactly?

[Resettozero]

This differs from the actions of the KGB in the USSR, how, exactly?

Or of paid community tattle-tales in Red China?

[OneWingedShark]

This differs from the actions of the KGB in the USSR, how, exactly?

It's different because the IRS is about Taxes, and that makes it AMERICAN!
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(I seriously don't know; in this strange Bizarro-world/Twilight-Zone mash-up we're living in there seems to be little that Government agents will be held accountable for.)