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Watchdog: IRS workers mistakenly erased tea party emails
Jun 25, 3:33 AM (ET)
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators are blaming mistakes by IRS employees — not a criminal conspiracy — for the loss of thousands of emails related to the tax agency's tea party scandal.
IRS workers erased 422 computer backup tapes that "most likely" contained as many as 24,000 emails to and from former IRS official Lois Lerner, who has emerged as a central figure in congressional investigations, according to IRS's inspector general.
The workers erased the tapes a month after IRS officials discovered that an untold number of Lerner's emails were lost. The IG says the workers were unaware of a year-old directive not to destroy email backup tapes.
Yup,
Banana repubics don't have **** on this administration.
The Obama administration used multiple Federal agencies to target and harrass innocent Americans.
What a hell of a legacy this guy is going to have.
You guys really need to find a new pseudo-scandal.
it doesn't matter...there needs to be widespread condemnation to change anything and at least half the country condones and supports this kind of corruption.
Yep, that one appears to have been conveniently erased.
George said his office found no direct evidence the tapes were destroyed to hide evidence from congress or law enforcement.
You hackies are grasping at straws again. From your link:
You hackies are grasping at straws again. From your link:
Heh. I just shot ten people this morning. It was an accident. The gun did it. I dunno. I'm just having some coffee now.
Poor example.
Find a new scandal and maybe someone besides the desperate hacks will pay attention.
Govt incompetence is not a needle in a haystack.I need a show of hands... How may of you actually buy this crap they're shoveling?
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Most back ups are not kept forever.Yep - how could anyone expect a tiny agency that is so new to computer use and backing-up data to understand the importance of preserving records?
Mistake, my ass.I need a show of hands... How may of you actually buy this crap they're shoveling?
It always amuses me when people think crap like this is limited to a single administration, or even multiple administrations of a particular lean. No. Convenient cover-ups are SOP and have been for decades.Yup,
Banana repubics don't have **** on this administration.
The Obama administration used multiple Federal agencies to target and harrass innocent Americans.
What a hell of a legacy this guy is going to have.
Considering that the leans are fairly evenly split and partisan, you're right, having consensus condemnation is rare.it doesn't matter...there needs to be widespread condemnation to change anything and at least half the country condones and supports this kind of corruption.
Heh. I just shot ten people this morning. It was an accident. The gun did it. I dunno. I'm just having some coffee now.
Testify, brother, testify!Isn't it funny how ignorance of the law isn't a defense for you or I but politicians and their lackies in government are incredibly ignorant and accident prone and it's no big deal?
Not to mention the congressional subpena for documents that weren't produced. Yeah, the IRS leftists are shoveling crap.
How many more other government departments has the Obama admin weaponized against 'those who don't believe as they do'?
It always amuses me when people think crap like this is limited to a single administration, or even multiple administrations of a particular lean. No. Convenient cover-ups are SOP and have been for decades.
Agree with your first paragraph. Not excusing or mitigating anything at all. In fact, I have already clearly stated in this thread that they should be held accountable.Context is important. Politicians should be held accountable when they're responsible for ordering the full authority and force of a Federal agency to be used against someone on the basis of Political affiliation.
Saying " this happens all the time " is a blatant falsehood.
Its just attempt to mitigate whats been done here.
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