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Tale of the Tapes: IRS head confirms investigators have found backup tapes in Lerner probe
Fox News ^ | 23 Jul 2014

Posted on 07/23/2014 10:26:47 AM PDT by mandaladon

The head of the IRS confirmed Wednesday that investigators looking into missing emails from ex-agency official Lois Lerner have found and are reviewing "backup tapes" -- despite earlier IRS claims that the tapes had been recycled.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, testifying before a House oversight subcommittee, stressed that he does not know "how they found them" or "whether there's anything on them or not." But he said the inspector general's office advised him the investigators are reviewing tapes to see if they contain any "recoverable" material.

The revelation is significant because the IRS claimed, when the agency first told Congress about the missing emails, that backup tapes "no longer exist because they have been recycled."

It is unclear whether the tapes in IG custody contain any Lerner emails, but Koskinen said investigators are now checking.

Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee first raised questions about the backup tapes on Monday, releasing a partial transcript from an interview with IRS official Thomas Kane. In it, Kane said "there is an issue" as to whether all the backup tapes were destroyed. Asked if they might still exist, he said he didn't know but "it's an issue that's being looked at."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: irs; lerner
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To: mandaladon

Scrubbed backup tapes, of course.


61 posted on 07/23/2014 11:28:09 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Truth is the enemy of our dysfunctional government.)
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To: mandaladon

It took this long to recreate the backup tapes so that they tell the correct story.


62 posted on 07/23/2014 11:29:08 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: johniegrad

Bingo. You WIN! I was thinking the same thing when I read the headline.


63 posted on 07/23/2014 11:30:42 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: InterceptPoint

“A rather curious choice of words. Generally speaking backup tapes store data. One can easily imagine that in a few days we will learn that the tapes were blank. “

They will arrest the night operator who ran the backups, reported they were complete and no one ever looked because email archive servers are not mission critical for DR functions.


64 posted on 07/23/2014 11:37:59 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (GM is dead and Al Queada is alive.)
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To: mandaladon

Most people find it a little odd that the IRS itself wasn’t able to find its own records, and that locating them required “investigators”.
It looks like they’re providing just enough to stay out of Club Fed.


65 posted on 07/23/2014 11:40:03 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: mandaladon

BS, these tapes were likely manufactured to ‘EXONERATE’ Obama’s lackey Lerner.


66 posted on 07/23/2014 11:40:45 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: mandaladon

"Ooooh, yeah, we'll jump right on that investigation. Buddy."

67 posted on 07/23/2014 11:46:53 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: mandaladon

My immediate questions would be...

Who found the tapes, when were the tapes found, how many were present when the tapes were found and who are they, where were the tapes found, what was done with the tapes when found, in what location were the tapes found, why were the tapes in the location where found, what was the chain of custody for the found tapes, what was the time frame from when the tapes were found to when Koskinen was notified, after these immediate questions I would have a thousand more.

I’ll wager two thirds of these questions, if that many, or any of them at all will ever be asked.

I don’t trust Issa to get to the truth, I’ve watched to many committee hearings to trust him.


68 posted on 07/23/2014 11:57:45 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: RIghtwardHo

Let’s just say they were probably in Sandy Berger’s socks.


69 posted on 07/23/2014 11:59:21 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: research99

Yes I remember her. She probably works for the IRS now.

My guess is they found the tapes filed right next to a giant magnet seized during some tax seizure.


70 posted on 07/23/2014 11:59:26 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: mandaladon
He doesn't seem to know much!

He's the head honcho/liberal/progressive. He's just like nobama. He has no need to know much. He has people for that.

71 posted on 07/23/2014 12:16:12 PM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: mandaladon

It is awful suspicious...

Need to know more about how these tapes all of a sudden are now not destroyed.

And where are all of the tapes for all the other persons lost emails?


72 posted on 07/23/2014 12:33:28 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: mandaladon

These records must be turned over to to Congress (The US Marshall?).

The IRS cannot be trusted to safeguard them.


73 posted on 07/23/2014 12:37:01 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: mandaladon
the investigators are reviewing tapes to see if they contain any "recoverable" material.

I'll bet we will get to the bottom of this now! </sarc>

74 posted on 07/23/2014 12:44:40 PM PDT by Gamecock (There is room for all of God's animals. Right next to the mashed potatoes and gravy.)
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To: IMR 4350
There will probably be references made in one email to another email that no longer exists so they will have to come up with another story to explain it.

Things like - "But that would be wrong."


75 posted on 07/23/2014 1:16:32 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The Obamas Black skin has morphed into Teflon thanks to the Obama Media)
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To: mandaladon

prison


76 posted on 07/23/2014 1:17:38 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Advanced technological development.)
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To: mandaladon

The DOJ and Congress should be reviewing the back-ups simultaneously.

However, my theory is the administration has been reviewing the back up tapes for a few weeks to make sure there is nothing incriminating.


77 posted on 07/23/2014 1:19:20 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Advanced technological development.)
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To: All
"This is unseemly, it's embarrassing, this is not a proper way to run an investigation," Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said.

Elijah is worried that this will soon ensnare him.
78 posted on 07/23/2014 1:48:54 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: johniegrad

To #5. Not a Smidgen???


79 posted on 07/23/2014 2:05:59 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: research99

Bet you can’t name the former FBI agent/Watergate investigator who found out about the tape-recording system from Woods.


80 posted on 07/23/2014 2:12:04 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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