Posted on 06/07/2013 8:14:58 PM PDT by grundle
A misfired email from a U.S. Internal Revenue Service employee in Cincinnati in July 2010 alerted a broad group of Washington IRS officials to the heightened scrutiny being given conservative groups, according to an interview the IRS worker gave congressional investigators.
The interview transcripts, reviewed by Reuters on Thursday, provide new details about Washington IRS officials' awareness of the scrutiny given to groups seeking tax-exempt status using terms like "Tea Party" or "patriot" to flag applications.
The transcripts show that in July 2010, Elizabeth Hofacre, an IRS official in Cincinnati who was coordinating "emerging issues" for the agency's tax-exempt unit, was corresponding with Washington-based IRS tax attorney Carter Hull.
She was asked to summarize her findings in a spreadsheet and notify a small group of colleagues, including some staff in the Washington tax-exempt unit. She sent an email that month to a larger number of people in Washington by accident.
"Everybody in D.C. got it by mistake," Hofacre said in the transcripts. She later clarified that she did not mean all officials but those in the IRS Exempt Organizations Rulings and Agreements unit.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
They were totally shocked. Totally.
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poor things
that was back in 2010
it was so bad that they are only just atarting to recover...
The current excuse they have is absolutely pathetic.
If it was “low level employees” then everyone deserves to be fired/sacked/jailed for being so incompetant that an underling could do such a thing.
The fact that this is working just goes to show how biased the media is.
And together, former IRS commissioner Shulman and the IRS Torquemada in charge of enforcement of Obamacre compliance, a Ms Ingram, logged over 300 visits to the WH.
I’m guessing they discussed only what Jughead would read in the newspaper over the last couple weeks.
And maybe the Tea Party and exempt applicants with the words ‘patriot’ and ‘liberty’ in their names, and they asked, “D-uhh, you want we should cut sum nuts, Boss?”
And Jughead replied, “That’d be great. Coffee, I mean. Ha ha!”
Now these fine folks, Learner & Co. (BHO, CEO), are trying to pin the tail on donkeys like this woman and a Murther. With this WH the buck stops as low as they can go.
They should arrest that employee, give her a fair trial and convict her of parole violation. We may never hear from her again.
Okay, so they were alerted in 2010. And they did NOTHING to stop it?
um....”misfired” email?
That’s a new one - is that their latest lame-o excuse they are going to try?
Sounds like Carter Hull needs to find an attorney pretty quickly. The bag is in his hand.
Probably want to stay away from Ft Marcy park.
Occam's Razor prevails... The most probable explanation, but...
"She was asked to summarize her findings in a spreadsheet and notify a small group of colleagues, including some staff in the Washington tax-exempt unit
... It is critical to identify who was on the short list of the "small group of colleagues..."
Members of the obvious criminal conspiracy.
Same thoughts as you.
“She later clarified that she did not mean all officials but those in the IRS Exempt Organizations Rulings and Agreements unit.”
Of course, by all means, it was the computer’s fault as it should have only sent the email to what she ‘meant’, instead of what she picked for the TO: entry.
"everyone in DC got the email."
YET... they all denied knowing about it.
Those TPS reports need a cover sheet, as you well know. Did you get the email? Cause I can send it to you if you didn’t.
The truth hurts people like you so badly.
Great info. Thanks.
I didn’t get the EMAIL. Honest. I’ll have to check with Michael and Samir to see if there is a communications flow glitch.
Their use of the term “BOLO” is just frightening.
What’s next? IRS roadblocks?
“Yes, Officer?”
“We’re not officers, mam...we’re with the IRS. I will need your driver’s license and social security card, though.”
“Social security card? Why?”
“I need your SS number so we can check the computer to make sure you’re paid up on your taxes. Plus, we’ll be making sure you have the proper health care coverage. “
Why would they want to stop what they ordered?
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