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To: longnshort who wrote (771225)	2/25/2014 11:42:03 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1575422

Law protecting tax info privacy becomes shield to protect crooked IRS employees

To: longnshort who wrote (771225)	2/25/2014 11:49:38 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1575422

"That these records ended up in the hands of the press is just a coincidence, the IRS claims," O'Donnell said.

To: longnshort who wrote (771225)	2/25/2014 11:51:06 AM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575422

"Unless the law is changed, there will be no public accountability for those who committed this crime, no one will be brought to justice — and there will be no deterrent preventing such crimes from being committed again."

To: longnshort who wrote (771225)	2/25/2014 11:55:37 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575422

The day she announced her candidacy the Internal Revenue Service placed an $11,744 tax lien on a Wilmington home O'Donnell had sold in 2008. "On March 9, 2010, around 10 a.m., I announced my plans to run for the Senate representing Delaware," O'Donnell said in her Post column. "Later that same day, my office received a call from a reporter asking about my taxes. "It’s since come out, after a halting and unenthusiastic investigation, that a Delaware Department of Revenue employee named David Smith accessed my records that day at approximately 2 p.m. — out of curiosity, he says. "That these records ended up in the hands of the press is just a coincidence, the IRS claims," O'Donnell said. "The tax records given to the reporters weren’t even accurate,"she continued. "I had never fallen behind on my taxes, and a supposed tax lien was on a house I no longer owned. "The lien was highly publicized and used as political ammunition by my political opponents. The IRS later withdrew the lien and blamed it on a computer glitch but, at that point, the damage — and the invasion of my privacy — was done," O'Donnell said.