WOW, like, we didn’t see this coming! Interviews with IRS employees have established that the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service was engaged in targeting tea party groups and other conservative organizations for unfair levels of scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status. […] One of those interviewees said it was ‘impossible’ for a few IRS agents to have orchestrated such widespread partisan targeting on their own. ‘Did
June 2, 2013
June 2, 2013
IRS agent indicates Washington DC, not “rogue agents”, directed TEA Party targeting … [Darleen Click]
June 2, 2013
A “well-intentioned attempt to maximize voter turnout” … [Darleen Click]
… is how “voter fraud” is described when committed by Democrats The top staffer for Florida Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia resigned this weekend after being implicated in a voting-fraud scheme. Chief of Staff Jeffrey Garcia resigned Friday after taking responsibility for the plot and being asked by the congressman for his resignation. The congressman said Saturday he thinks the plot was a “well-intentioned attempt to maximize voter turnout” and that
June 2, 2013
“Journalists trawling for leaks should be willing to share the risks” [Darleen Click]
Is there nothing Obama supporters won’t say to excuse trampling on the First Amendment? Apparently not. The value to democracy of a courageous and unfettered press poking into back corners that agencies would rather keep hidden is incontrovertible. But I find myself wondering why journalists shouldn’t shoulder some responsibility for transgressions they often goad their sources to commit. […] National security staffers’ careers can be wrecked over how they handle