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To: longnshort who wrote (714726)	5/11/2013 1:36:31 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578927

The Internal Revenue Service admitted Friday to improperly targeting conservative groups Here are some of the things they wanted to know about those groups. *1. We’re gonna need all your direct and indirect* communication. “‘Direct and indirect communications’ is profoundly chilling of First Amendment rights, ” said David French, senior counsel for American Center for Law & Justice, which has been representing 27 conservative organizations met with IRS inquisitions. “It’s so vague as to be impossible to comply with.” 2. What do we need to know about your members? Nothing much. Just ALL THE THINGS! 3. Your present and past employees and their relationships, please. 4. No, family members of past and present board members and employees are not exempt, nor are their activities with other groups. Why do you ask? 5. If someone in this country’s free press has ever interacted with you in any way shape or form about your free speech activities, we’re going to need documentation of that. <edit> 10. Please predict the future reliably. Thank you for your time.** All of the examples above are taken from actual IRS correspondence received by ACLJ’s 27 clients. <edit> A 2011 letter from Rep. Darrell Issa and Rep. Jim Jordan laid out 16 areas of the Tea Party questionnaires that seemed to overreach. Here they are. Article