-Caveat Lector- Income Tax Returns Confidential Are They Really? -by Larry Bolin Most Americans who file their taxes every year expect their information to be confidential and would only be released under very limited circumstances. Those Americans feel that the Internal Revenue Service has strict guidelines and would keep their information private. Those Americans believe that if an employee of the federal government releases their tax return information illegally, that those responsible would be prosecuted. Those Americans would be wrong. During my trial, there was another casualty that occurred besides my conviction. It was my wife Jackie’s privacy. The release of my wife’s tax return and return information by agents with the Internal Revenue Service and a member of the Department of Justice, David M. Leta, violated Jackie’s privacy. It also appears to have violated the laws passed by Congress. According to Title 26 U.S.C. 7213 (a), a willful, unauthorized disclosure of tax return information is a felony, carrying a maximum statutory penalty of five years of incarceration, a $250,000 fine and termination of employment. My wife works as a schoolteacher in the field of special education. If she had handled her students’ information in such a grossly negligent manner as Mr. Leta and others had done with her tax return information, she would have been fired from her job without much of a discussion....[snip, snip] But not in this case. It appears that these "public servants" have given Jackie and her fellow Americans' privacy the proverbial finger. IS YOUR IRS AGENT A THIEF? Does a bear do the you-know-what in the woods? Don't miss this month's exclusive account of "Hook or Crook" fraud in America. Don't miss our must-read August 99 Issue. Subscribe to Media Bypass today! Common Law Copyright 1999 Alternative Media, Inc. 4900 Tippecanoe Dr. Evansville, Indiana 47715-3234 1-800-4BYPASS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.4bypass.com/feature.htm Bard DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
