Read The Report On IRS's 'Inappropriate' Scrutiny Of Groups
Posted on AllSides May 15th, 2013
From The Left
The language is not dramatic but the message is clear: A much-anticipated report from the Treasury Department's inspector general for tax administration is straight forward about how Internal Revenue Service personnel unfairly singled out some conservative groups for unnecessary scrutiny during the 2012 campaign cycle.
As the report's summary says:
"The IRS used inappropriate criteria that identified for and full IRS response, go to: review Tea Party and other organizations applying for tax-exempt status based upon their names or policy positions instead of indications of potential political campaign intervention. Ineffective...