Newly released documents show Lois Lerner was concerned about IRS emails which ‘can be seen by Congress’
It has been quite awhile since we have had any new revelations in the IRS targeting scandal but that has changed with the recent release of new documents obtained by Judicial Watch through a FOIA request. In this latest round of documents we have learned that Lois Lerner was concerned that some lower-level IRS employees did not understand that the emails they wrote could be “seen by Congress.”
Here is more:
Lois Lerner, former director of the Exempt Organizations Unit at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), warned other IRS officials that lower-level employees “are not as sensitive as we are to the fact that anything we write can be public–or at least be seen by Congress,” according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch and released on Thursday.
In the latest batch of documents the IRS released to Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which the agency heavily redacted before handing over, Lerner proposed training to help IRS employees “understand the pitfalls” of discussing “specific Congress people, practitioners and political parties” in emails that could be “seen by Congress” or the public.
“We are all a bit concerned about the mention of specific Congress people, practitioners and political parties. Our filed folks are not as sensitive as we are to the fact that anything we write can be public–or at least be seen by Congress,” Lerner wrote in an email to Holly Paz, former director of the IRS Office of Rulings and Agreements, on Feb. 16, 2012.
“We talked with Nan and she thought it would be great if R & A could put together some training points to help them understand the potential pitfalls, as well as how to think about referrals,” Lerner continued.
“Nan” refers to Nanette Downing, director of the Exempt Organizations (EO) Examinations Unit. Downing was copied on Lerner’s email to Paz, along with Tom Miller, EO technical adviser, and Judy Kindell and Sharon Light, both advisers to Lerner.
This leads to an obvious question: why was Lois Lerner worried about emails which mentioned “specific Congress people, practitioners and political parties” unless, of course, only “Congress people” and “political parties” of one particular persuasion were being discussed by the IRS for political reasons?
It is also interesting to note here that she only seemed to be concerned with the “pitfalls” of actually committing to public record what the IRS was up to and did not seem to be concerned with the fact it appears the IRS was targeting the opposition in the first place. This was all about keeping up the appearance the IRS is a non-partisan agency and not a tool of political payback used against the groups which opposed the President’s agenda. Why else would Lois Lerner be afraid of lower-level employees writing something in emails which could eventually be seen by the Congress and by the American people?
But of course there is not even a smidgen of corruption here…
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Well, well, well. I had all but forgotten about dear Lois. When will folks learn that they just need to come clean from the get-go? The truth eventually comes out….
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Exactly, many times the cover up ends up being worse than the crime but in this case I think she is protecting others who are higher up.
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It is sure starting to look a bit that way Steve…
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George Washington said it best: Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master.
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I cannot understand why they didn’t give her immunity. It thus would have compelled her to testify. If she lied she could have been in big time trouble. Makes me suspicious. But then I am more and more feeling that way.
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I am with you at this point. I am also suspicious because I am beginning to think that while the Republicans were not in on the targeting, once they found out about it they really were not upset by it because they also want to see the Tea Party marginalized. They are putting on a show.
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There is now sufficient information about many different crimes of the the Obama admin to warrant a large, comprehensive investigation, to be followed by indictments. The information has been available for some time now.
So, where are the major investigations? Where are the indictments?
We’ve been seriously let down by our leadership.
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We sure have been let down and at this point I think the Republicans are not really interested in getting to the truth but rather using them as political issues in the elections.
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