Posted on 06/01/2013 10:33:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
How many IRS employees were involved in targeting conservative groups for “extra scrutiny,” delays, and harassment? The IRS insisted that the issue was limited to “a few low-level employees” in one office. When it came time to secure computers and lock down files for investigators, though, the IRS concept of “few” seems a little … bloated:
The Internal Revenue Service has told House GOP investigators they have identified 88 IRS employees who may have documents relevant to the congressional investigation into targeting of conservative groups, according to a congressional source familiar with the investigation.
The IRS asked these employees to preserve all the “responsive documents” on their computers, and it has been in the process of collecting it all to comply with congressional requests for information. The IRS missed its May 21st deadline to turn over documents to the House Ways and Means Committee. …
The request for documents was a bipartisan one, but Republicans are privately preparing to seize on the fact that if nearly 90 IRS employees may have been somehow involved in this targeting, it is evidence that the controversy extends well beyond the mistakes by a few low level employees.
You think? The IRS says that the number simply reflects their desire to be responsive, which would be a first, but that doesn’t pass the laugh test. If the practice was contained to just “a few” people working on their own without orders, there is no way that you’d have eighty-eight people connected to it. Unless the IRS wants to argue that it’s supervision is so poor and ineffective that 88 employees can conspire to target people for their political beliefs and no one in authority would have the first clue about it, that’s an absurd posture to take. Don’t bet against that argument getting rolled out at some point, though.
In related news, the IRS has also stiffed the Senate Finance Committee’s demand for documentation:
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) declined Friday afternoon to meet a Senate Finance Committee deadline for answering detailed questions about the origins of the IRS scandal. The questions had been submitted jointly nearly two weeks ago by Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT).
In a joint statement to Breitbart News, Baucus and Hatch said:
“It’s disappointing that the IRS failed to produce any of the documents requested by the Committee.
“This is an agency that revolves around making the American taxpayer meet hard deadlines each and every year when they file their taxes, oftentimes penalizing those that are late.
“The IRS needs to do much better.”
It’s one thing to stiff the House, where Republicans control the Ways and Means Committee and the optics are a little (but not a lot) more partisan. Baucus and Hatch took pains to make the Senate committee request bipartisan and reasonable, and yet … the IRS couldn’t bring itself to comply here, either. If they want to leave the impression that they’re haughty and unaccountable — or more accurately, even more so than normally thought — they’re doing a bang-up job this month.
We may start seeing a few subpoenas from both chambers of Congress soon … and by “a few,” I could mean 88 or more.
I get you. But we must defeat the scoundrels that give "Javier" his power and authority. It is the "system" that allows him to execute tyranny.
BINGO
“88 rogue employees...”
The Dems are trying for a one party system ALA Communists They are using the government (tax) money to fund the takeover - Acorn, Obamacare, education etc. Crushing or destroying the opposition with Denial of Tax exempt status, IRS examinations, EPA, OSHA ATF etc harassment and legal fight intimidation to say nothing of welfare, food stamps, disability etc. IRS was reorganized in 1952 from a politically corrupt and controlled organization with political appointments. Like it or not the place worked fairly in general until reorganized again during “Clintoons” tenure 1993.
Under Clinton, the agency was centralized into DC, hm-mm, wonder why. Areas of control for certain functions was spread out in the country, sic EPEO in Cincinnati, etc. At the time of reorganization, there were 62 executives in the field (Directors)who were mostly promoted from within and who were knowledgeable in the legal requirements, disclosure, etc etc.
Under the latest reorganization, many "executives" were brought into IRS under BS pretexts, one manager is interchangeable etc. But many of these folks were ignorant of IRS procedures and / or from a more politically influenced or appointment basis agency. With 62 internally developed Directors, I am sure a few would have done the right thing and notified the oversight committees etc. All "in the know" knew the reorganization would result in corruption and virtually mirrored the pre 1952 corrupt structure.
Interestingly I informed (email or posted) Breitbart, FOX, & My hero, Marco Rubio that the IRM on line, http://www.irs.gov/irm/part1/irm_01-001-002.html#d0e10 was erroneous because it cited only one political appointee. The on line IRM has been tremendously revised, (no revision date in the header) Perhaps I had nothing to do with a change in the works but I am glad I ratted them out. If IRS doesn't go back to its pre Clinton structure, the structure will remain corrupt. All JMO
It was 666 for sure.
Then stop the theatre and subpoena their asses!
Recall Hillary having a “few” FBI files. Turned out to be 900+!
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