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Originally Posted by whell
"Lerner said the practice was initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati and was not motivated by political bias. After her talk, she told The AP that no high level IRS officials knew about the practice."
Rrrriiiigggghhhhtt! 
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-a...rvative-groups
If something like this had happened during the Bush administration, targeting "liberal" groups, there would have been calls for impeachment hearings by congressional Dems. |
Oh, please. The FBI under the Shrub was running around under the auspices of 'The Patriot Act' gathering everyones history at the public library, sheesh.
Big, woo...
"In some cases, groups were asked for their list of donors, which violates IRS policy in most cases, she said.
"That was wrong. That was absolutely incorrect, it was insensitive and it was inappropriate. That's not how we go about selecting cases for further review," Lerner said at a conference sponsored by the American Bar Association.
"The IRS would like to apologize for that," she added.
Lerner said the practice was initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati and was not motivated by political bias. After her talk, she told The AP that no high level IRS officials knew about the practice.
Agency officials found out about the practice last year and moved to correct it, the IRS said in a statement. The statement did not specify when officials found out.
About 75 groups were inappropriately targeted.
None had their tax-exempt status revoked, Lerner said."
Too bad.