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IRS chief: Inappropriate screening was broad
AP ^ | 6/24/13 | ALAN FRAM

Posted on 06/24/2013 1:32:18 PM PDT by Nachum

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service's screening of groups seeking tax-exempt status was broader and lasted longer than has been previously disclosed, the new head of the agency said Monday.

An internal IRS document obtained by The Associated Press said that besides "tea party," lists used by screeners to pick groups for close examination also included the terms "Israel," ''Progressive" and "Occupy." The document said an investigation into why specific terms were included was still underway.

In a conference call with reporters, Danny Werfel said that after becoming acting IRS chief last month, he discovered wide-ranging and improper terms on the lists and said screeners were still using them. He did not specify what terms were on the lists, but said he suspended the use of all such lists immediately.

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KEYWORDS: benghazi; chief; fastandfurious; impeachnow; inappropriate; irs; screening
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1 posted on 06/24/2013 1:32:18 PM PDT by Nachum
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2 posted on 06/24/2013 1:32:43 PM PDT by Nachum (The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

The IRS is STILL targeting conservatives. Count on it.


3 posted on 06/24/2013 1:34:34 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: Nachum

I don’t believe for a second that ‘progressives’ were targeted! More lies from the Zero Administration!!


4 posted on 06/24/2013 1:36:29 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: Nachum

. . . but no wrongful intention, they say. How does one engage in a massive targeting of conservative groups and say with a straight face there was no wrongful intent? It’s a wrongful practice on its face, and perpetrating the program necessarily required a wrongful intent? Tea party and other identifying names were intentionally selected for targeting, and these jokers say no wrongful intent? What planet are these bureaucrats from?


5 posted on 06/24/2013 1:37:01 PM PDT by AtlasStalled
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To: Nachum

Have any of these “Occupy” and “Progressive” groups stepped forward yet?

< /crickets >


6 posted on 06/24/2013 1:37:35 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Nachum
"In a conference call with reporters, Danny Werfel said that after becoming acting IRS chief last month, he discovered wide-ranging and improper terms on the lists and said screeners were still using them. He did not specify what terms were on the lists, but said he suspended the use of all such lists immediately."

That's encouraging.

7 posted on 06/24/2013 1:37:54 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Nachum
"In a conference call with reporters, Danny Werfel said that after becoming acting IRS chief last month, he discovered wide-ranging and improper terms on the lists and said screeners were still using them. He did not specify what terms were on the lists, but said he suspended the use of all such lists immediately."

That's encouraging.

8 posted on 06/24/2013 1:37:54 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: AtlasStalled

It is bullstalin. Outright. Liberal groups were fasttracked.

At least one Obama-org was given RETROACTIVE status to clear up 2 years of contribution.

It was not a level playing field. It was designed to thwart conservative advertising and get out the vote efforts.


9 posted on 06/24/2013 1:39:09 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Nachum
...lists used by screeners to pick groups for close examination also included the terms "Israel," ''Progressive" and "Occupy."

Uh-huh.

And why did it take so long for Zero's handlers (this includes the "news" media) to come up with that little nugget to help offset the damaging claim that they only targeted conservative sounding names.

Oh! I get it!

Maybe they did subject applications with liberal sounding names for closer scrutiny to make sure they were actually liberal and not conservative wolf-in-sheep-clothing types pretending to be liberal!.

10 posted on 06/24/2013 1:41:41 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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IRS chief: Inappropriate screening was broad

Broad: IRS chief was inappropriate.

11 posted on 06/24/2013 1:45:11 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: penelopesire
If they were targeted it would have been for fast tracked special treatment.

We've been parsing these people for too long. This one was easy...

12 posted on 06/24/2013 1:46:22 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: penelopesire

I doubt that “progressive” groups were targeted - so far, the IRS has been unable to prove this - but if they were, this is only going to bring down the wrath of the left as well.


13 posted on 06/24/2013 1:48:22 PM PDT by livius
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To: Nachum
inappropriate?

I understood from various credible sources that IRS screening broke federal laws. Is that correct?

14 posted on 06/24/2013 1:50:52 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Nachum
In a conference call with reporters, Danny Werfel said that after becoming acting IRS chief last month, he discovered wide-ranging and improper terms on the lists and said screeners were still using them. He did not specify what terms were on the lists, but said he suspended the use of all such lists immediately.

Far too little, far too late, and none of it's the least bit credible, anyway.

15 posted on 06/24/2013 1:52:58 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: Izzy Dunne

Inappropriate is using your dessert fork on your entrée.

What the IRS did was ILLEGAL. They FIXED AN ELECTION.


16 posted on 06/24/2013 1:53:19 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: penelopesire

Don’t believe it either, but now the “Word is Out There”, and that is all it takes for the lazy LSM to jump on the bandwagon that progressives were equally attacked.

Nothing to see here folks, the IRS is an equal opportunity targeter.

Whenever the Left is found to be corrupt, they and the media manage to proclaim that Both Sides do it; and then all is forgotten.


17 posted on 06/24/2013 1:53:48 PM PDT by A'elian' nation ("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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To: Nachum

“Inappropriate”. Don’t you love the lefts’ facility with the language when describing their own lawbreaking?


18 posted on 06/24/2013 1:58:14 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Broadly screened? . . . maybe so . . . libtard groups for fast-tracking; conservative groups for obstructing and stonewalling.


19 posted on 06/24/2013 2:06:37 PM PDT by RatRipper (Self-centeredness, greed, envy, deceit and lawless corruption has killed this once great nation.)
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To: Nachum

“......said that besides “tea party,” lists used by screeners to pick groups for close examination also included the terms “Israel”, “Progressive” and “Occupy.”

“Progressives”, and “Occupy” I call BS on those. This new boss is same as the old boss. Just a lyin’ SOS for the party. No mores, no scruples, as Judy Holiday said in “Born Yesterday” “you ain’t got no couth” Werfel.


20 posted on 06/24/2013 2:11:25 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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