Posted on 05/22/2013 6:36:30 PM PDT by crosslink
The six Cincinnati workers we have identified, who sent scrutinizing letters to conservative groups with words including "patriot, liberty, tea party or 9-12" in their names are Mitchel Steele, Carly Young, Joseph Herr, Stephen Seok, Liz Hofacre and a woman identified only as Ms. Richards.
But was all of this done at the hands of a small group of Cincinnati employees working together? During Friday's congressional hearing, that appeared to be the theme. Now, that explanation just became less likely.
Mitchel Steele, Carly Young, Joseph Herr and Liz Hofacre are IRS agents. Stephen Seok is a supervisor IRS agent But according to the IRS employee directory that FOX19 has obtained exclusively, each of these agents has a different manager and then above them a different territory manager. That is important because while it may sound reasonable to the average person that these workers began targeting groups on their own, the IRS structure is designed to Keep in mind, at least 300 groups were targeted out of Cincinnati alone. Those applications spent anywhere from 18 months to nearly 3 years in the system and some still don't have their non-profit status. 300 groups multiplied by at least 18 months for each group, means thousands of red flags would have been generated in the system.
So who in the chain of command would have received all these flags? The answer, according to the IRS directory, one woman in Cincinnati, Cindy Thomas, the Program Manager of the Tax Exempt Division. Because all six of our IRS workers have different individual and territory managers, Cindy Thomas is one manager they all have common.
It turns out Cindy Thomas' name is one we have heard before. The independent journalism group ProPublica says in November of 2012 they had requested information on conservatives groups that had received non-profit status. Along with that information, the IRS released private information on nine conservative groups that had not yet been approved and personal information had not been redacted. The person who signed off on that release, Cindy Thomas.
What this means for you... consider this chain of command since the story broke.
Former Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller retires
Joseph Grant, Commissioner of Tax Exempt and Government Entities... retires.
Lois Lerner, Head of Exempt Organization says she will invoke her 5th amendment right to not incriminate herself when called before Congress on Wednesday.
Holly Paz, Director of Exempt Organizations, subpoenaed to Washington to be interviewed by members of Congress.
All of this IRS leadership, in Washington D.C.
Then one level down is Cindy Thomas, the highest ranking employee in Cincinnati in this Tax Exempt and Government Entities Department that no one in Congress is talking to... yet.
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Make sure you watch the video at the site, great report.
It was just a Clintonian stalling tactic..
So, did they do that? If so the staffers at Cincy may well be unaware of how much cr*p was distributed under their names.
They should lawyer up.
“and a woman identified only as Ms. Richards. “
Could this come from use of one of those ‘secondary’ Email accounts like the EPA uses to hide their criminal activity ?
Well, if you can link her to Colleen M. Kelley, you’ve got the chain of command complete from Obama.
What do we know about Cindy Thomas
Then one level down is Cindy Thomas, the highest ranking employee in Cincinnati in this Tax Exempt and Government Entities Department that no one in Congress is talking to... yet.
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Reality Check Exclusive: Cincinnati agent giving orders in IRS scandal?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3022350/posts
Low level government employees do what they are told by their bosses. Anyone with 1/2 of a brain knows that.
Falling apart?
Gee, couldn’t be because it was apack of lies from the start?
This directive came from the top. Remains to be seen if Issa et al can clean all the snakes out of the vipers pit...
Cindy Thomas is low-level. Take this up the 01/11 chain.
Thomas-Paz-Lerner-Ingram-Miller-Shulman
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/98949248/Slide-1-TreasuryDirect
Has anyone found a picture of Cindy M. Thomas?
do we have pics of any of them?
Thanks Maggie
Press secretary Jay Carney explained earlier today, “We have adopted as a cardinal rule that these unfortunate incidents were caused by lower-level, rogue underlings. With frikken lasers on their heads.”
Thank you for the link.
Here is the lineup from the IRS Org Chart and the Fox19 report:
Washington
Steve Miller Acting IRS Commissioner-retires
Sarah Hall Ingram Commissioner of TEGE
Now head of Obamacare enforcement
Joseph Grant Commissioner of TEGE replaced Ingram; shortly thereafter retires
Lois Lerner Director of EO-takes the 5th
Holly Paz Acting Dir Rulings & Agreements
under subpoena
Cincinnati
Cindy Thomas Manager Determination
Donna Abner Manager Determination & QA
David Fish Manager Guidance
Stephen Seok Supervisor
Mitchel Steele Agent
Carly Young Agent
Joseph Herr Agent
Liz Hofacre Agent
Ms. Richards Agent
From http://www.docstoc.com/docs/98949248/Slide-1-TreasuryDirect and the Fox19 Cincinnati report.
Mark your scorecards. Lois Lerner struck out on her first at bat.
If you start to fry the “small fry” in congressional hearings and then in court (lawsuits, perjury charges, etc)., you might find out that a little group of fishes can sing like a mighty flock of Canaries.
Ben Swan is our local guy now but I guarantee you will see him reporting on a national scale within 2 years or less.
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