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COLUMN: Watergate's lesson forgotten
Washington Post Writers Group"He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to . . . cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory...Tags: IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), George Will, The Washington Post, Woodrow Wilson, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists
WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....
Tags: Prosecution, The Associated Press, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Zoe Lofgren
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Asleep at the wheel
WASHINGTON — President Passerby needs urgently to become a participant in his presidency. Late Monday came the breathtaking news of a full-frontal assault on the First Amendment by his administration: word that the Justice Department had gone on a...Tags: The Associated Press, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, NPR, Jack Lew
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Attorney general orders criminal review of IRS
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department began a criminal investigation Tuesday into overzealous scrutiny by the IRS of applications for tax exemptions by conservative groups, an improper targeting that an inspector general's report blamed on a...
Tags: Criminals, IRS Tea Party Nonprofit Application Scandal (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Pension and Welfare
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Benghazi's smoking guns
President Obama was asked about the metastasizing Benghazi scandal in a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday. Referring to the Americans who died in Benghazi, the president said, "We dishonor them when we turn things...Tags: David Cameron, U.S. Department of State, The Washington Post, Benghazi, Politics
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John Thompson: President, handlers do best to blur Benghazi issue
At last week's press conference, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney again misrepresented the central issue of President Obama's Sept. 12 Rose Garden remarks on Benghazi. Carney's statements mirrored debate moderator Candy Crowley's inappropriate...Tags: Terrorism, Candy Crowley, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Benghazi, Politics
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Holder defends subpoena of journalists' phone records
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the criminal investigation into the leak of classified details about a successful U.S. undercover operation, calling it "within the top two or three most serious leaks" of...
Tags: The Associated Press, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, John O. Brennan, FBI
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Investigarán si servicio de impuestos de EEUU se ensañó con los conservadores
El secretario de Justicia, Eric Holder, dijo hoy que ordenó una investigación penal para determinar si el IRS, el servicio federal de recaudación de impuestos, violó las leyes al hacer un mayor escrutinio de grupos conservadores, lo que se ha convertido...
Tags: Taxation, The Washington Post, Internal Revenue Service, Politics, FBI
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Report blames IRS scandal on lax oversight, confused staff
WASHINGTON -- The growing scandal at the IRS stemmed from a confused staff and lax oversight, according to an eagerly awaited inspector general’s report released Tuesday shortly after federal authorities began a criminal investigation into...Tags: Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, White House, Taxation
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IRS scandal report: Poor management cited for targeting of conservatives
A government watchdog criticized the Internal Revenue Service today for singling out conservative groups for extra scrutiny and warned that the agency's actions made it appear that it was not politically impartial. Citing poor management and substantial...Tags: Taxation, Labor Legislation, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Politics
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Report cites poor oversight in IRS targeting of certain groups
WASHINGTON -- Lax management oversight at the IRS led the tax-collection agency to target conservative groups for extra scrutiny for more than 18 months, causing some of their applications for nonprofit status to languish for more than three years,...Tags: Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, Tea Party Movement, Politics, White House
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Will Republicans let Obama have his scandal?
Republicans in Congress are so hungry for scalps, they just can't leave well enough alone. The scandal engulfing the Internal Revenue Service is a story that's playing to their benefit. On Monday, after having the weekend to think about it, Sen. Marco...Tags: Robert Gates, Marco Rubio, Google Inc., U.S. Department of State, Benghazi
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