Another cover up On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, wrote:
> ** > > > ** > PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHERS > > > *COMMENT: Perhaps an appointed Special Prosecutor should also be > considered that would in the interim eliminate suspensions in regard to > others within the whim of our present Government.* > * LEON: OK TO > FORWARD OR PRINT* > ** > ** > * [image: > http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/nytlogo152x23.gif]* > * > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/us/politics/facing-trio-of-crises-white-house-dodges-questions.html?hp&_r=0 > * > * Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into I.R.S. Audits* > By MICHAEL D. > SHEAR<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/michael_d_shear/index.html>and > SCOTT > SHANE<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/scott_shane/index.html> > ** Published: May 14, 2013 20 > Comments<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/us/politics/facing-trio-of-crises-white-house-dodges-questions.html?hp&_r=0#commentsContainer> > *WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Tuesday that he > had ordered the Justice Department and the F.B.I. to open an investigation > into whether Internal Revenue Service officials broke any criminal laws by > singling out conservative groups for special scrutiny. * > > *The activities of I.R.S. officials are already the subject of an > investigation by the agency’s inspector general. The results of that > inquiry, which are expected in the next several days, are likely to detail > how officials at the agency selected political groups for extra scrutiny > about their tax status. * > > *Speaking at a **news > conference*<http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/a-focus-on-border-security-and-temporary-visas-as-senators-return-to-immigration/> > * called on Tuesday to discuss Medicare fraud, Mr. Holder said that he > had ordered a second investigation to determine whether any criminal laws > may have been broken by the officials at the tax collection agency. * > > *The attorney general said there were “a variety of statutes within the > I.R.S. code” that could be the basis of a criminal violation. He said > officials conducting the investigation would also look at “other things in > Title 18” of the United States Code. Title 18 is the overall criminal code > for the federal government. * > > *Mr. Holder also fielded questions about the **seizure of telephone > records*<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/phone-records-of-journalists-of-the-associated-press-seized-by-us.html> > * from reporters and editors at The Associated Press, which apparently > came in connection with an investigation of leaks inside the executive > branch. * > > *Mr. Holder said that he had recused himself last year from the leak > investigation and therefore had not made the decision to seek sweeping > subpoenas for two months of call records for 20 telephone lines used by The > A.P. and its journalists. He said he decided to turn over supervision of > leak inquiries to his deputy, James M. Cole, “to make sure that this > investigation was seen as independent” after F.B.I. agents interviewed him > about leaks in June 2012. * > > *But Mr. Holder said that the leak in question — the revelation by The > A.P. of a foiled terrorist plot by Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen a year ago — > was among the two or three most serious leaks he had seen since the 1970s. > “It put the American people at risk,” he said, without elaborating. * > > *Mr. Holder said he was confident that his subordinates had sought the > subpoenas in accord with Justice Department regulations. Members of > Congress and press advocates have expressed concern about the subpoenas, > revealed on Monday by The A.P., as a dangerously broad incursion into the > ability of the news media to operate without government scrutiny and a > violation of press freedom. * > > *Mr. Holder declined to say whether he had also recused himself from a > separate investigation of unauthorized disclosures to The New York Times > about American cyberattacks on Iran’s nuclear program. * > > *The leak about the Yemen plot is being investigated by the United States > attorney for the District of Columbia, Ronald C. Machen Jr., and the > disclosures about the cyberattacks on Iran are being examined by the United > States attorney for Maryland, Rod J. Rosenstein. * > > *The White House deflected questions on both controversies during its **own > press briefing * <http://www.c-span.org/flvPop.aspx?id=10737439666>*Tuesday. > * > > *The press secretary, Jay Carney, said he could not comment on the > Justice Department’s actions amid the continuing investigation. He was > similarly reticent about the I.R.S., citing the investigation by the > inspector general of the agency, which he said would shed more light on > what happened. I.R.S. officials have admitted **singling out dozens of > Tea Party-inspired > groups*<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/politics/irs-ignored-complaints-on-political-spending-by-big-tax-exempt-groups-watchdog-groups-say.html> > * that had applied for tax-exempt status, submitting them to detailed > questioning. * > > *On Monday, **President Obama > said*<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/politics/obama-addresses-benghazi-and-irs-controversies.html> > * he would not tolerate such behavior by the I.R.S. and promised to “make > sure that we find out exactly what happened on this.” * > > *The raft of allegations, on top of a recurring dispute over the White > House’s handling of the deadly attack on the American diplomatic mission in > Benghazi, Libya, has put Mr. Obama on the defensive more so than at any > other time in his presidency, threatening to engulf his domestic agenda. * > > *At the daily news briefing, Mr. Carney manifested the difficult spot in > which the White House finds itself, dodging and weaving under tough > questioning over the leak investigation, the I.R.S. case and Benghazi. * > ** > > Mark Landler contributed reporting. > > - - - - > - - > ** > > __._,_.___ > Reply via web > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Forum_/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJza2pib2s5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMzM5MDAwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTY3Njk2NARtc2dJZAMxNDE4NTEEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMzY4NTY3MDM2?act=reply&messageNum=141851> > Reply > to sender <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dRe%3A%20BULLETIN%3A%20Justice%20Dept%2E%20Opens%20Criminal%20Inquiry%20Into%20I%2ER%2ES%2E%20Audits');> > Reply > to group <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dRe%3A%20BULLETIN%3A%20Justice%20Dept%2E%20Opens%20Criminal%20Inquiry%20Into%20I%2ER%2ES%2E%20Audits');> > Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Forum_/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmb3JnMWw5BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMzM5MDAwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTY3Njk2NARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzNjg1NjcwMzY-> > Messages > in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Forum_/message/141851;_ylc=X3oDMTM5bGl0dHR1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMzM5MDAwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTY3Njk2NARtc2dJZAMxNDE4NTEEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMzY4NTY3MDM2BHRwY0lkAzE0MTg1MQ-->(1) > Recent Activity: > > - New > Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Forum_/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnbGt1dWVqBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMzM5MDAwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTY3Njk2NARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMzY4NTY3MDM2?o=6> > 5 > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Forum_;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdHFxNGs1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIyMzM5MDAwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTY3Njk2NARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzNjg1NjcwMzY-> > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlMWtkc3ZrBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIyMzM5MDAwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTY3Njk2NARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM2ODU2NzAzNg--> > Switch to: Text-Only <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dChange+Delivery+Format:+Traditional');>, > Daily Digest <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dEmail+Delivery:+Digest');>• > Unsubscribe <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dUnsubscribe');> • Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> • Send us Feedback > <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', > '[email protected]?subject\x3dFeedback+on+the+redesigned+individual+mail+v1');> > . > > __,_._,___ > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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