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Cincinnati Ground Zero of Exploding IRS Scandal, But Answers Hard to Find
ABC ^ | May 20, 2013 | JOSH MARGOLIN

Posted on 05/20/2013 1:35:42 PM PDT by Second Amendment First

Welcome to Cincinnati – Ground zero of the exploding IRS scandal.

Things started brewing earlier this month when Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington first admitted conservative groups were targeted for extra scrutiny by tax bureaucrats in Ohio's Queen City.

By May 14 – three days into the mess -- IRS staffers in Cincinnati were hard to find as reporters descended on the city. At the home of IRS staffer Elizabeth Hofacre, who was caught up in the blossoming controversy, mail below the slot in her front door was noticeably piling up when an ABC News reporter stopped by last week.

A few miles away, IRS analyst Mitchell Steele, answered the door of his home in a bath robe though the work day was just about to begin downtown. He seemed genuinely beaten down and told ABC News "this isn't fair to me."

Yet another staffer – Stephen Seok, one of the supervisors in the Determinations Unit at the heart of the scandal – would not answer his phone or front door even though he and his family could be seen coming and going. His windows were covered by taped-up sheets of white paper.

Back at the John Weld Peck Federal Building where ousted acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller said "rogue" agents did their work, it was fairly calm for the first couple of days. There was a heightened security presence outside, some workers said, but nothing too extreme.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gettherope; impeachnow; irs; loislerner
Guards are following reporters around the building to intimidate anyone from talking. The IRS is under siege there. Keep the heat on.
1 posted on 05/20/2013 1:35:42 PM PDT by Second Amendment First
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To: Second Amendment First
Hey ABC!

Answers aren't hard to find, if you actually wanted them!

2 posted on 05/20/2013 1:41:11 PM PDT by airborne (MY HEROES DON'T WEAR CAPES. MY HEROES WEAR DOG TAGS ! ! !)
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To: Second Amendment First

Answers were probably hard to find back in 1973, but somehow they got found.

There’s probably a couple of Mark Felt-types out there, but they’re afraid of being betrayed by the reporter they confide in.

A problem Felt probably didn’t have to worry about.


3 posted on 05/20/2013 1:47:44 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Second Amendment First

HA! HA! HA!


4 posted on 05/20/2013 1:59:12 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Second Amendment First

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bunch of a-holes. FUBO!


5 posted on 05/20/2013 2:00:25 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Second Amendment First

From the article: mail below the slot in her front door was noticeably piling up when an ABC News reporter stopped by last week.

The perv peeped thru the mail slot. Too bad she wasnt there with a sharp stick.


6 posted on 05/20/2013 2:00:56 PM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: airborne

Issa is interviewing 4 employees from that office today...


7 posted on 05/20/2013 2:12:53 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great natiorn is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: airborne

ABC can’t handle the truth.


8 posted on 05/20/2013 2:14:00 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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9 posted on 05/20/2013 2:32:21 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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