Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano) Requested Repost from the archives (Oct 2013) EEV: Recently Compromised or exposed Code names, Operations, Software and facilities. The list is in no particular order and is being updated frequently. These are just the discoveries from… Read More ›
Internal Revenue Service
Achieve Olympic Glory – Now Pay the IRS
U.S. Olympic gold medal winners could owe almost $10,000 to the IRS As 230 U.S. Olympic athletes gear up to compete in the 2014 Winter Games, the only thing colder than the slopes at Sochi is the fact that any… Read More ›
‘A public safety disaster’: Obamacare could force THOUSANDS of volunteer fire departments to close
The Affordable Care Act forces companies with more than 50 workers to buy them all health insurance or pay hefty fines The IRS says volunteer firefighters are ’employees,’ even though the Department of Labor says they’re ‘volunteers’ Out of more… Read More ›
IG finds some not-so-intelligent conduct in the intelligence community
Intelligence community appears to be endemic with fraud i.e. Two owners, who were the only employees of a subcontracting firm, mischarged 1,691 hours to the government for time running “a business for horse saddle padding,” according to the IG report… Read More ›
Obama’s tech expert too busy fixing website to testify
Source: Reuters – Fri, 8 Nov 2013 02:19 AM Author: Reuters (Recasts with Park asking for delay due to work on website) WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) – The chief technology officer for the White House is willing to testify to… Read More ›
Obama Secret Service Agent: “Things are much worse than Americans can even imagine”
Wednesday, 06 November 2013 You may have your suspicions about what’s going on behind closed doors at the White House. But according to one of US President Obama’s former body guards it’s much worse than Americans can even imagine…. Read More ›
White House, IRS exchanged confidential taxpayer info
Posted By Patrick Howley On 1:17 PM 10/09/2013 In Politics Top Internal Revenue Service Obamacare official Sarah Hall Ingram discussed confidential taxpayer information with senior Obama White House officials, according to 2012 emails obtained by the House Oversight and Government… Read More ›
Seven stupid things the gov’t spent money on during the shutdown
Posted By Michael Bastasch On 9:23 PM 10/02/2013 In Daily Caller News Foundation The government is shut down and thousands of government workers have been sent home. But will it save any money? The shutdown in during the Clinton Presidency… Read More ›
Unearthed emails show embattled IRS official knew her agency was secretly targeting conservative groups
By David Martosko In Washington PUBLISHED: 18:00 EST, 12 September 2013 | UPDATED: 18:18 EST, 12 September 2013 Emails released this week by congressional investigators show that an embattled former IRS manager was directly involved in targeting conservative nonprofit… Read More ›
Top one percent took record 19.3percent of US income last year – the LARGEST share of pre-tax income since 1927
Last year the top 1 per cent of earners in the U.S. accounted for 19.3 per cent of pre-tax income That’s the largest per cent since 1927 The economic disparity between the 1 per cent and everyone else in the… Read More ›
IRS agent in charge of Cincinnati Exempt Organizations during tax exemptions scandal has been promoted
Cindy Thomas has been promoted to the senior technical team for the Director of Exempt Organizations Thomas was in charge of the Exempt Organizations Office in Cincinnati when political groups were targeted for extra scrutiny Thomas is filling a role… Read More ›
Report: IRS agents used secret DEA data to make cases against taxpayers, covered up where the info came from
By David Martosko PUBLISHED: 15:12 EST, 8 August 2013 | UPDATED: 15:15 EST, 8 August 2013 An outdated version of a manual distributed to Internal Revenue Service agents showed them how to hide the origin of intelligence on… Read More ›
IRS lawyer says scandal was overseen by D.C., names names
Posted By Patrick Howley On 9:32 PM 07/17/2013 In Politics Top IRS officials in Washington, D.C. planned and oversaw the agency’s improper targeting of conservative groups, according to the 72-year old retiring IRS lawyer who will testify Thursday before the… Read More ›
IRS published online thousands of Social Security numbers
Published time: July 08, 2013 19:41 AFP Photo / Karen Bleier The Internal Revenue Service mistakenly exposed as many as 2,319 Social Security numbers by posting them on the Internet, which a California-based archivist discovered last week. The IRS… Read More ›
U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
July 3, 2013 By RON NIXON WASHINGTON — Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: a handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters… Read More ›
IRS accused of granting $500 mln in suspicious contracts to a small business called Strong Castle founded in 2011
Published time: June 26, 2013 16:47 Women walk out of an Internal Revenue Service office in New York (Reuters) A Virginia IT company inappropriately secured $500 million worth of IRS contracts based on false statements and ties to an… Read More ›
Swiss Govt rejects deal, won’t let US Govt see Bank Accts….
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 Swiss parliament rejected a bill designed to resolve a dispute over undeclared bank accounts held by U.S. citizens, potentially setting the stage for American prosecution of the country’s banks. Members of parliament’s lower house voted… Read More ›
IRS spent more than $121 million on travel charge cards for employees and ‘leniently’ disciplined those who abused them: Report
Report finds that more than 1,000 IRS employees abused their government-issued charge cards IRS officials demonstrated a pattern of being overly lenient when punishing employees who misused charge cards, or who failed to pay their bill on time By Daily… Read More ›
The spy who came in for your soul – ” We are, like, that far from a turnkey totalitarian state.”
COLUMN – The spy who came in for your soul Source: Reuters – Sun, 9 Jun 2013 08:00 PM Author: Reuters (Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer June 9 (Reuters) –… Read More ›
US Media not allowed to report on Obama scandals?
Thursday, 06 June 2013 As reported be John Nolte: Well, if it is Thursday, there must be a new Obama scandal. But one thing is for damn sure, whatever that scandal is, you can bet the American mainstream media… Read More ›
Records: Top official in charge of embattled IRS visited the Obama White House far more than any cabinet official
Douglas Shulman made 157 visits to the Obama White House, while his boss, the treasury secretary, was there only 43 times Congressional staffer on ‘best-case scenario’: Shulman gave the White House ‘a heads-up about the possible illegality of what they… Read More ›
FACEBOOK censors pictures of children rallying against GMOs
Monday, 27 May 2013 In one of the most devastating acts of destruction of its own credibility, Facebook engaged in yet more censorship of Free Speech with the suspending of an account that posted a photo of children rallying against… Read More ›
Report: Michelle Obama once dated inspector general at the center of IRS investigation into anti-tea party political favoritism
By David Martosko PUBLISHED: 15:33 EST, 22 May 2013 | UPDATED: 19:45 EST, 22 May 2013 A young Michelle Robinson, the future first lady of the United States, may have dated Treasury Department Inspector General J. Russell George at… Read More ›
Top IRS official will invoke the Fifth Amendment in congressional hearing about tea party targeting program
By David Martosko PUBLISHED: 16:14 EST, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 16:51 EST, 21 May 2013 The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday afternoon that Lois Lerner, who heads up the Internal Revenue Service’s tax-exempt division, plans to invoke the… Read More ›
White House knew extent of IRS scandal in April, says report
Wall Street Journal says counsel learned of targeting of conservative groups on 22 April, 18 days before president guardian.co.uk, Monday 20 May 2013 12.33 EDT President Barack Obama has been under pressure in recent weeks. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images… Read More ›
Obama administration knew IRS was harassing tea party groups since JUNE
Revealed: Obama administration knew about investigation into claims that IRS was harassing tea party groups since June 2012 as ousted head of the agency insists it was not illegal Appointee in charge of screening tax-exempt applications is now in charge… Read More ›
Popular St. Louis anchor who complained about IRS harassment after interview with Obama taken off the air
By Jessica Montoya Coggins PUBLISHED: 18:09 EST, 17 May 2013 | UPDATED: 02:57 EST, 18 May 2013 A popular news anchor in Missouri has found himself in the middle of the IRS scandal that is engulfing the Obama White … Read More ›
IRS targeted 298 nonprofit US groups critical of government and involved in political activities
Statue of Liberty © Photo: Voice of Russia The US Internal Revenue Service singled out for scrutiny groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names as well as nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans… Read More ›
Senior IRS officials knew in 2011 agents targeted political groups, report says
Inspector general findings seems to contradict public statements that Tea party and others were flagged for additional scrutiny Associated Press in Washington guardian.co.uk, Sunday 12 May 2013 11.18 EDT White House spokesman Jay Carney has brushed aside calls for the White… Read More ›
Florida hit by “tsunami” of tax identity fraud: ” file fraudulent tax returns on Turbo Tax “
By David Adams | Reuters – 9 hrs ago View PhotoReuters/Reuters – Seized fraudulent tax mailings are displayed during a news conference in Tampa, Florida, in this undated police handout photo. Tax identity theft skyrocketed to more than 1.2 million cases …more … Read More ›
Almost 2,400 Millionaires Pocketed Unemployment Benefits
By Frank Bass – Oct 2, 2012 Almost 2,400 people who received unemployment insurance in 2009 lived in households with annual incomes of $1 million or more, according to the Congressional Research Service. The report was released after about… Read More ›
Ex-IRS examiner charged with naming whistleblower and interfering with the audit of an international bank
Ex-IRS examiner charged with naming whistleblower Posted 2012/09/28 at 10:20 am EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 28, 2012 (Reuters) — A former U.S. Internal Revenue Service examiner was arrested on Thursday and charged with exposing an IRS whistleblower and interfering with the… Read More ›
More than 1,000 pastors plan to challenge IRS by endorsing presidential candidate
By Eric W. Dolan Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:10 EDT Topics: conservative Christian group Alliance Defending Freedom ♦ IRS rule ♦ presidential candidate More than 1,000 pastors plan to openly defy the IRS by telling their congregation on October 7… Read More ›
Grieving mother ordered to pay $14,000 in taxes on the student loans that were written off after son’s suicide: Loans Forgiven by the Government are Considered Taxable Income by the IRS
Russell Friend, 22, committed suicide shortly before graduating from college His mother Regina had accumulated $55,400 in loans and interest to help him pay for school Those loans were forgiven by the government but IRS considers that ‘gift’ taxable income… Read More ›
Federal court allows top donors to tax-exempt groups to remain secret
By Eric W. Dolan Tuesday, September 18, 2012 17:03 EDT Topics: chris van hollen ♦ court of appeals ♦ FEC The D.C. Circuit Court on Tuesday ruled that tax-exempt groups like Crossroads GPS only had to disclose donors who give… Read More ›
Georgia flouts federal order, withholds lunch ladies’ unemployment benefits
By The Christian Science Monitor Saturday, September 8, 2012 8:33 EDT Scott Marshall, top, of Calhoun, Ga., files for unemployment in Dalton, Ga., in this photo from last month. (David Goldman/AP/File) Georgia has set up a showdown with the Obama… Read More ›
Banks plan outside spending group to influence elections
By Alina SelyukhPosted 2012/09/05 at 4:54 pm EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2012 (Reuters) — A major banking industry trade group is planning a foray into the U.S. elections by creating a tax-exempt organization capable of raising unlimited anonymous funds, the… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 