[EL] "Progressive" "Occupy" and "Israel" Groups Also Targeted by IRS

[Mark Schmitt]

On June 7,replying to Michael McDonald, you wrote:

" the criteria, even if it swept in a few liberal groups, was specifically
designed to search for words and phrases more common among groups loosely
part of a certain high-profile, highly decentralized, conservative
grassroots movement, and therefore was by definition politically motivated.
Groups were not pulled for more scrutiny because their applications
indicated political activity as the IRS defines it, but because they had
certain buzzwords that the Service deemed to be associated with a
conservative movement. It appears that if two applications matched word for
word, except that one used certain buzzwords associated with a conservative
groundswell in its name and another did not, the former was pulled and the
latter was not."
On Jun 24, 2013 3:43 PM, "Smith, Brad" <BSmith at law.capital.edu> wrote:

>  Does this make it better, or worse? I'm inclined to say worse.
>
>  *Bradley A. Smith*
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> *From:* law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [
> law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] on behalf of Jonathan
> Singer [jonathanhsinger at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 24, 2013 4:44 PM
> *To:* Law-election at department-lists.uci.edu
> *Subject:* [EL] "Progressive" "Occupy" and "Israel" Groups Also Targeted
> by IRS
>
>   According to the AP<http://www.boston.com/business/personal-finance/taxes/2013/06/24/new-irs-chief-inappropriate-screening-was-broader/EouWCeb1D4IhdADJyJr5yO/story.html>,
> IRS screening was not limited to "Tea Party" groups or groups with names
> that indicated a conservative lean, but also included groups with
> left-leaning names as well:
>
> The Internal Revenue Service’s screening of groups seeking tax-exempt
> status was broader and lasted longer than has been previously disclosed,
> the new head of the agency said Monday.
>
> An internal IRS document obtained by The Associated Press said that
> besides ‘‘tea party,’’ lists used by screeners to pick groups for close
> examination also included the terms ‘‘Israel,’’ ‘'Progressive’’ and
> ‘‘Occupy.’’ The document said an investigation into why specific terms were
> included was still underway.
>
> The story continues here:
> http://www.boston.com/business/personal-finance/taxes/2013/06/24/new-irs-chief-inappropriate-screening-was-broader/EouWCeb1D4IhdADJyJr5yO/story.html
>
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