Sunday, February 23, 2014

Echoes of the IRS in the FCC Snooping Scanda

Echoes of the IRS in the FCC Snooping Scandal | National Review Online:
The IRS targeting scandal is of course multi-faceted, but one of its key elements was the use of comprehensive IRS questionnaires to determine everything from tea-party donor and member lists to the actions and activities of family members and even identifying “persons or entities with which you maintain a close relationship.” 
In other words, the Obama administration IRS was abusing its regulatory authority to essentially discern the inner workings of an entire political and cultural movement.

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