Follow the red line.
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Posted on 04/18/2002 10:49:16 AM PDT by FreedominJesusChrist
For Immediate Release
Apr 18, 2002
Press Office: 202-646-5172
JUDICIAL WATCH FIGHTS CLINTON IRS ATTEMPTED AUDIT
IRS OFFICIAL ADMITS: “WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU SUE THE PRESIDENT?”
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the non-profit educational foundation that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it was fighting in court an audit attempt instituted by the Clinton IRS in retaliation for Judicial Watch’s litigation against President Clinton. Judicial Watch first received notice of an attempted IRS audit on October 9, 1998, a few days after its “Interim Impeachment Report,” which called for Bill Clinton’s impeachment for misuse of the IRS, was officially made part of the Congressional record. The IRS’s initial audit letter demanded that Judicial Watch “[p]rovide the names and addresses of the directors and their relationship to any political party or political groups.” In January, 1999, an IRS official admitted to Judicial Watch representatives, in the context of the propriety of the audit, “What do you expect when you sue the President?” Another IRS official admitted in June, 1999, that the political affiliations of Judicial Watch’s directors is a factor in any IRS audit.
After Judicial Watch scored legal victories against the Clinton Administration, Judicial Watch received audit notices and warnings from the IRS. For instance, immediately following its uncovering of the Clinton-Gore White House e-mail scandal in February, 2000, Judicial Watch lawyers received a call from an IRS official to inform them that Judicial Watch was still on the IRS’s “radar screen.” The IRS finally agreed to defer on deciding whether to audit Judicial Watch until after the Clinton Administration ended. Despite this agreement, in one of the last acts of the Clinton Administration, the IRS sent Judicial Watch another audit notice on January 8, 2001. The IRS also sent new audit notices throughout 2001 after Judicial Watch criticized IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti. Rossotti is a Clinton appointee who “inexplicably” continues to serve under President Bush. In addition to presiding over the audits of perceived critics of the Clinton Administration, Judicial Watch requested criminal and civil investigations of Rossotti for his criminal conflict of interest in holding stock in a company he founded, AMS, while it did business with the IRS.
Judicial Watch now is fighting the attempted audit in federal courts in the District of Columbia and Maryland. As Robert Novak reports in his April 18th column, despite repeated requests to Attorney General Ashcroft to investigate, his Bush Justice Department has thus far refused to do so. (See Judicial Watch's letter to Attorney General John Aschroft) Instead, in the context of Judicial Watch’s lawsuit against the Cheney Energy Task Force, a Bush Administration official told Novak, “I don't know what we are going to do with this Klayman.” A copy of Judicial Watch’s complaint against IRS officials is available by clicking here.
“Judicial Watch has no objection to IRS audits at the proper time and place, under correct, non-political circumstances. We have nothing to hide. But when we were told that we were being audited because we sued Bill Clinton, we had no choice but to stand up and fight in court. Now, for its own reasons, the Bush Administration is content to let Clinton appointee Rossotti continue to harass Judicial Watch. Our lawsuits in response are intended not only to protect Judicial Watch, but are for the good of all Americans,” stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman.
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South, again, why are they fighting this audit in court? Because they believe that it is politically motivated, which goes back to the intent of the audit.
U.S. Naval Academy 1964-1968. Core curriculum varied between 18-20 credit hours/semester. I "overloaded" an additional 3 or 4 hour course per semester. Early graduation upon attaining 120 hours was, obviously, not an option.
As I understand it, that's the average load on today's academy students, as well.
Not bragging, mind you. It just what was expected then.
Did a 1 year Masters in 1984, but I think that's typical in today's world.
Good luck and enjoy the academic environment while you can. Life is a b*tch out here in the real world.
Follow the red line.
Me too. I walked 5 miles every day. Both ways uphill.
I watched The Manchurian Candidate on DVD this weekend... GREAT MOVIE!!
Seems like Real Life is imitating Art...
Evil Hillary could be the real-life "Evil-Communist American Agent/Ambitious Political Matriarch" from the movie!
I think the best tune to describe Hillary is "Evil Woman" (forget the name of the artist but dated back to the mid seventies). If this hellcat is on the bound, run and hide indeed!
I take it as a priority of mine to always make sure that I fully enjoy life. God did not put me on this earth to be miserable or to believe that my life doesn't have a purpose.
I hope someone teaches you to spell or use a dictionary before you finish.
Electric Light Orchestra, I believe.
If you'll notice, I'm not the one bragging about my education & scholarships, and it's not the first spelling or grammatical error she's made on this thread.
I know anyone can make a typographical error, but I've found that when someone consistently makes spelling & grammatical errors, people tend to view them as less intelligent, even if that's not the case. Just trying to help the girl out.
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