"Rogue IRS Agents in Ohio" and That Planted Question That Originated in Washington

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Now that another name has emerged in the IRS scandal (Holly Paz in Washington), it has been revealed by Ms Paz herself that ex-acting commissioner Steve Miller reportedly concocted the idea of asking that planted question that allowed the IRS to "get out in front" of the scandal involving conservation groups applying for tax-exempt status.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/17/former-irs-boss-involved-in-decision-to-use-planted-question-to-address-scandal/?test=latestnews

As far as those BOLO words that were used to guide the agents, I have a question: Did any of those words include "Progressive"? I doubt it.

And another comment from this old DEA agent: Field agents don't do things like this unless they are directed to. It's the same in all the federal law enforcement agencies, whether IRS, DEA, FBI or ATF. These kinds of schemes originate in Hqs (Washington DC). Some of these statements by Paz border on the absurd.

"Paz, who is the employee who also acknowledged having reviewed some of those applications, told the House Oversight Committee that employees at the IRS's Cincinnati office were not "political" and did not make their judgments based on partisanship."

"They were not even aware of you know, politics. Being outside of Washington, it was not something that they followed or had interest in," Paz said."

(That part I can accept.)

"Because they are so apolitical, they are not as sensitive as we would like them to be as to how things might appear."

(That part is ridiculous.)

"Paz also told the panel that the rubric crafted to reflect "Tea Party" applications was not partisan.

"It was really just an efficient way to refer to this issue. They all understand the real issue was campaign intervention," Paz said. "Just sort of a shorthand reference. You know, I think they may have referenced, you know, it's like calling soda 'Coke' or, you know, tissue 'Kleenex.' They knew what they meant and the issue was campaign intervention."

Anybody wanna buy a bridge?