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To: carranza2 who wrote (101033)	6/13/2013 1:33:19 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 217974

Well you have not sunk to Kool Aid :O)

To: carranza2 who wrote (101033)

6/13/2013 1:55:36 AM

From: Cogito Ergo Sum

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Homeland Revenue LOL

From: heinz44	6/13/2013 12:37:34 AM
	of 114937

My God, they are out of control. This was reported in May. IRS sued for seizing 60 million medical records The Washington Times Friday, May 17, 2013 A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans. The name of the provider is not yet known, United Press International said. But Courthouse News Service said the suit claims the agency violated the Fourth Amendment in 2011, when agents executed a search warrant for financial data on one employee – and that led to the seizure of information on 10 million, including state judges. The search warrant did not specify that the IRS could take medical information, UPI said. And information technology officials warned the IRS about the potential to violate medical privacy laws before agents executed the warrant, the complaint said, as reported by UPI. “Despite knowing that these medical records were not within the scope of the warrant, defendants threatened to ‘rip’ the servers containing the medical data out of the building if IT personnel would not voluntarily hand them over,” the complaint states, UPI reported. The suit also says IRS agents seized workers’ phones and telephone data – more violations of the warrant, UPIreported. The complaint alleges the IRS was “invasive and unlawful” and stole access to intimate medical records that included patients’ treatment plans and therapies, UPI said. More…