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To: combjelly who wrote (359257)	11/18/2007 4:07:39 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1575639

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To: combjelly who wrote (359257)	11/18/2007 4:11:05 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575639

Judicial Watch 6/15/99 Larry Klayman and Monty Warner "....Finally in October of 1996, Farah exposed these corrupt practices in a piece in The Wall Street Journal, and the tide began to turn. Margret Milner-Richardson, IRS Commissioner and close friend of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, abruptly resigned. The New York Post attributed her departure to political audits of conservative organizations. Some began to probe these rampant abuses, and the audit of the Western Journalism Center was "concluded" - a verdict of "no wrongdoing" rendered in May of 1997. Under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights enacted by Congress, Farah requested his case file from the IRS so he could review its contents. In keeping with the Clinton Administration standard practice, these rights were trampled on with a terse refusal to turn over the documents - the IRS frivolously citing "government privilege" as a means of keeping Mr. Farah from seeing justification for what had nearly bankrupted his organization. But Farah would not be deterred. On behalf of WJC, Judicial Watch, a public interest watchdog group, filed a $10 million lawsuit against Ms. Richardson, Mr. Cedarquist, numerous unidentified agents involved in the case and the IRS itself. We are determined to ensure that Mr. Farah sees justice in this case, and that every American is free to express his or her First Amendment-protected views without vicious, detached harassment from its own government...."

To: combjelly who wrote (359257)	11/18/2007 4:14:28 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575639

Investor's Business Daily 7/1/99 "...Just how sinister is the Internal Revenue Service? Thanks to the latest twist in the Landmark Legal Foundation's lawsuit against the agency, we have a better understanding of how bad things are there. Political corruption is just the beginning. According to a new filing, Landmark Legal Foundation has uncovered deeply troubling evidence that the IRS may have deliberately sought to cover up and destroy evidence of third-person requests to target, audit and threaten private groups and citizens -most of whom were conservative or critics of the Clinton administration...In the midst of Landmark's court battles, a ''long-term government employee'' came forward with explosive evidence from an IRS regional meeting: The IRS may be doing political dirty work for certain members of Congress and others on the left. Terry Hallihan, acting head of the nonprofit division of the IRS, speaking to the Regional Coordinated Examination Program managers' meeting on Oct. 9, 1997, made some alarming statements, say Landmark documents: First, Hallihan ''indicated that perhaps a Justice Department attorney should leave before her remarks.'' Second, she addressed ''IRS policy on 'intake notes' '' - third-person requests to audit private groups and citizens. Third, she ''noted that the IRS was trying to deal with intake notes from members of Congress and their staff members in such a way as to conceal the source of the request.'' One way to protect the IRS' friends in Congress was to ask if the tip could be blamed on a media story instead. Fourth, Hallihan said she ''was aware that intake notes relating to tips from congressmen or staffers had been or were being shredded by IRS employees.'' In other words, if it's true the IRS was destroying evidence, then it's guilty of a federal crime. This is exactly what we suspected the IRS was hiding when it began to fight tooth and nail in 1997. The IRS has an audiotape recording of Hallihan's remarks, but - no surprise - the tape hasn't found its way into the public record. Judge Henry H. Kennedy has all this information in hand. Yet he's moved at a snail's pace, despite deliberate IRS efforts to thwart the inquiry. Why? The Clinton appointee hasn't explained his actions yet...."

To: combjelly who wrote (359257)	11/18/2007 4:18:23 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1575639

WorldNet Daily 8/24/99 Joseph Farah "…The American system of government checks and balances is dead. It's no longer relevant. It's a sham. That's the only conclusion I can draw from the latest outrage discovered by WorldNetDaily last week with regard to all of Congress' huffing and puffing last year about the abusive nature of the Internal Revenue Service. The centerpiece of a legislative effort to address the problems Congress revealed in dramatic testimony featuring cloaked, anonymous witnesses and emotionally gripping horror stories was a requirement for President Clinton to appoint an "independent" Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board by Jan. 22, 1999. Not only did Clinton not appoint an independent board, he didn't appoint ANY board. In fact, this may be the first federal jobs program Clinton has neglected since taking office. Apparently he could find no one he trusted to wink at the way his White House uses and abuses the IRS with impunity. So, he flagrantly ignored the will of Congress -- formerly known as the will of the people in these parts. Yet, is there any effort on the part of the Congress to hold the president accountable? Of course not. It's all a game. Congress no more cares about your civil liberties or reforming the IRS than the president does….. "