For John, BLUF: If the IRS had just followed the rules and not gotten fancy, this would not have been a problem. Nothing to see here; just move along.
It now appears the IRS scandal regarding tax exempt status for Tea Party organizations was much more complex than we have been thinking. It started out as a routine action by an IRS employee following the Internal Revenue Manual. IRS Employee Mr Jack Koester flagged an application. Per National Review:
In an e-mail written on February 25, 2010, Jack Koester, a revenue agent, told his boss, John Shafer, that “recent media attention” made the application at hand a “high-profile” case. In doing so, he was following the Internal Revenue Manual’s directive to agency personal to elevate to senior managers cases that fall into several categories, including those “that are newsworthy, or that have the potential to become newsworthy.”The article from National Review is "Conservative Group Uncovers New Roots of the IRS Scandal".
For those of you worried, Ms Lois Lerner doesn't get off the hook. She and her ilk are why a routine action that should have been a blip of a delay became the imbroglio that it has.
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
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