Posted on 05/21/2013 8:57:42 AM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner.
Douglas Shulman, who vacated his position last November when his five-year term expired, told the Senate Finance Committee he didn't learn all the facts until he read last week's report by a Treasury inspector general confirming the targeting strategy.
In his first public remarks since the story broke, Shulman said: "I agree this is an issue that when someone spotted it, they should have brought it up the chain. And they didn't. I don't know why."
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Because the order to do it CAME DOWN “the chain”.
Why would you send a complaint back “up the chain” -
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EXCELLENT POST!!!!!! You nailed it.
Can’t say?
Sorry, I think it is intimidation by the WH and really it is won’t say.
Not can’t, won’t.
Next we need to know who convinced Bush to appoint this jackazz in the first place. This goes right into the heart of the GOPe and that is why nobody is serving up and subpoenas.
Queue the theme music to “Hogan’s Heros.”
Individual mistakes can happen.
In this instance a policy change happened. Then many mistakes happened.
Big difference...
Then throw him in jail until he can say.
“he knew little about what was happening”
Waterboard this bastard!
Who believes this crap?!?
We have all these fantastic people running stuff, the smartest in the world, and nobody knows anything and nobody keeps anyone else informed? Everyone hides upper people from what they do know because they want to “shield” them from stuff?
They are all lying. Just start throwing people in jail.
My God even Clinton had to appoint a special prosecutor.
IT IS THEIR NATURE, INGRAINED INTO THEIR BEING!
They are like a colony of mindless insects who instinctively know what to do to protect their group.
If it's to the right of their socialist agenda it must be stopped!
It came down from Heaven. It was Allah sent! enough said.
Immaculate targeting has occured. It's a miracle..
Then throw him in jail until he can say.
That is so sweet that he might be light in the loafers.
heh.
I don’t know, from what I’ve read in a few other comments, he may like a visit to the prison for men.
Because instructions are coming "DOWN the chain"
He may have also been kept out of the loop on purpose given the fact that Bush appointed him to a five year term in March, 2008, and perhaps the IRS union thugs who control the IRS buracracy did not want him to know.
He can’t say because he doesn’t want to be Breitbarted or Fostered.
The resident of the White Hut, Barry Soetoro is very fortunate that Shulman was a George W. Bush appointee.
I’m sure the Obama media will play up that point in order to give Barry plausible deniability.
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