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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The Warning Inherent in Escalating Official Lawlessness

IRS lost emails by official in tea party probe ... The Internal Revenue Service said Friday it has lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy, sparking outrage from congressional investigators who have been probing the agency for more than a year. The IRS told Congress Friday it cannot locate many of Lois Lerner's emails prior to 2011 because her computer crashed during the summer of that year. Lerner headed the IRS division that processed applications for tax-exempt status. – AP 

Dominant Social Theme: These things happen. 

Free-Market Analysis: This is a good example of the deteriorating level of US government behavior. It's disturbing because it seems to shows an escalating level of recklessness. We last wrote about this here: 

When It Comes to Lawlessness in the US, Preparation Is the Essence of Foresight 

That article was focused on the IRS sending a database containing confidential taxpayer information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. But illegally sending a database to the FBI can possibly be explained away, illegal or not. Claiming that hundreds or thousands of recent emails have been "lost" beggars belief.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 17, 2014 at 1:17 PM

    I am sure the NSA has a copy of those missing emails.

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  2. AnonymousJune 17, 2014 at 1:52 PM

    This is a load of crap. Her emails don't reside on her computer. They always have to go through the IRS' bank of mail servers and be stored on a giant storage appliance known on a SAN. That data is most likely replicated to at least 1 other location *and* backed up via tape. I hope Congress presses the person who made this claim while they are under oath.

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  3. David SnyderJune 17, 2014 at 2:15 PM

    So we we have any problems with our Federal Returns just say we emailed the info to Lois Lerner's...Got it!

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  4. AnonymousJune 17, 2014 at 2:21 PM

    when will we have had enough.. what is it going to take for people to take action? Call your representatives in Congress and tell them their job is on the line if they don't act NOW! let them know Cantor is looking for cronies to have coffee with...

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  5. AnonymousJune 17, 2014 at 6:21 PM

    There on the server, unless they deleted them. Cover up.

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  6. AnonymousJune 17, 2014 at 8:49 PM

    Lock all the crooks up, starting with the top.

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  7. AnonymousJune 18, 2014 at 1:26 PM

    There is not 1 person that believes this bull and they know it. But if they blow smoke long enough a bigger scandal will come along and all will be forgotten.

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