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IRS inspector general finds up to 30,000 of Lois Lerner’s e-mails
Washington Post ^ | November 21, 2014 | Josh Kicks

Posted on 11/22/2014 1:15:27 PM PST by grundle

Many of Lois Lerner’s missing e-mails may no longer be missing.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration told several congressional committees on Friday that it has recovered as many as 30,000 of the ex-Internal Revenue Service official’s messages from disaster recovery tapes, according to congressional aides who participated in a briefing on the matter.

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testified in June that the e-mails were lost after Lerner’s hard drive crashed in 2011. He said the agency tried unsuccessfully to retrieve the records with help from agency IT and forensic experts.

Koskinen acknowledged the existence of disaster recovery tapes but said the IRS didn’t try to retrieve Lerner’s e-mails from them because they only contained six months worth of data and because the process would have been extremely difficult, partly due to the amount of information on the tapes.

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KEYWORDS: gettherope; impeachnow; irs; irsscandal; loislerner
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1 posted on 11/22/2014 1:15:27 PM PST by grundle
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3 posted on 11/22/2014 1:20:37 PM PST by Brandonmark (There is still hope for our country! 11.04.2014 - DAY OF RENEWAL)
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I'm sure that the delay was so that they could go through them and get rid of the ones that were embarrassing.
4 posted on 11/22/2014 1:23:21 PM PST by logic101.net (How many more children must die on the altar of gun free zones?)
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They’ll be ones where she’s Nice and Complimentary to the Tea Party!! Or where she says she’s really a Republican! They will find NOTHING that hasn’t been SCRUBBED CLEAN!!!!


5 posted on 11/22/2014 1:24:39 PM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: grundle

All sweet and clean now after the rain.


6 posted on 11/22/2014 1:27:19 PM PST by prisoner6 (Unmutual and Disharmonious)
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They had these emails the second they knew they’d be asked for them, no matter what anyone says.

What’s taken so long has been the combing through them all, removing the bad stuff, making sure timelines and discussions between people seem coherent and continuous.

All Kibuki theater for all us stupid, knuckle-dragging conservatives.

There will be a few that raise eyebrows (for theatric effect), but nothing will come of it. NOTHING.......


8 posted on 11/22/2014 1:30:08 PM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: grundle

He will probably be found is some park with bullet in the back of his head.


9 posted on 11/22/2014 1:31:32 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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30,000! Boy she must really have a lot of “Friends” on social media!/s


10 posted on 11/22/2014 1:34:56 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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Koskinen acknowledged the existence of disaster recovery tapes but said the IRS didn’t try to retrieve Lerner’s e-mails from them because they only contained six months worth of data

6 months, 30,000 e-mails? She must get some serious spam.

11 posted on 11/22/2014 1:35:15 PM PST by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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Oops.


12 posted on 11/22/2014 1:37:45 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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Notice that the article mentions the "Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration," but no name is given?

The "Inspector General's Message to Congress" identifies him as J. Russell George. He's a black man...how long before he gets Walpined? He's clearly off the plantation.

The "Highlights" section of the Message to Congress lists "Examples of High-Profile Cases by the Office of Investigations." The five examples are shown below. Judge for yourself how these "High-Profile" cases stack up against the IRS Lerner email and Tea Party corruption.

  1. Former IRS Employee Sentenced in Identity Theft Scheme
  2. California Man Sentenced in Connection With Identity Theft Tax Scheme
  3. Individual Indicted for Threatening IRS Employee and Family Member
  4. Significant Discrepancies Exist Between Alimony Deductions Claimed by Payers and Income Reported by Recipients
  5. The IRS Awards Program Complied With Federal Regulations, but Some Employees With Conduct Issues Received Awards

13 posted on 11/22/2014 1:38:22 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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>> because the process would have been extremely difficult, partly due to the amount of information on the tapes.<<

The ONLY proper answer to that is what the IRS would have said to anyone under audit: “I don’t give a damn how hard it is — produce them!”


14 posted on 11/22/2014 1:39:22 PM PST by freedumb2003 (obozocare: shovel-ready health care)
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Excellent analysis...dead right, too. It takes time to pull out the incriminating mails and make sure the rest of them work together.


15 posted on 11/22/2014 1:39:35 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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mark it down: we will find valerie jarrett at the heart of this thing.


16 posted on 11/22/2014 1:44:17 PM PST by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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The sad thing is that if direct involvement between Lois Lerner and the white house was discovered, and reported by the major networks, 40% of voters would still approve of Obola...


17 posted on 11/22/2014 1:45:17 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%...unless you're donating blood.)
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To: grundle

I always figure that e-mails (and FR posts ) are forever.


18 posted on 11/22/2014 1:47:02 PM PST by Paladin2
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6 months, 30,000 e-mails? She must get some serious spam.

30000/180 days = 167 e-mails a day. In my line of work, I get nearly that many every day I'm working, and I'm basically a schlub; a regional administrator for the IRS could easily get that many, probably more.

19 posted on 11/22/2014 1:52:49 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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No Problemo.....

They can just fire up that secret time machine in the White House basement (next to the Rovian weather machine)

I only works in 2 dimensions....so would be good to spool out all those "lost" e-mails.....

Here it is printing out Obama's BC......


20 posted on 11/22/2014 1:58:53 PM PST by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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