Posts Tagged ‘Targeted’

Head of Pro-Israel Organization Targeted By IRS Speaks Out

“Special unit”assigned to groups “groups supportive of Israel.” Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

The IRS targeted tea party groups. Did liberal groups get better treatment?

Today marks the one-week anniversary of the Internal Revenue Service’s disclosure that it improperly scrutinized certain conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. As an inspector general report on the practice found, groups with phrases like “tea party,” “patriots” and “9/12 project” were targeted for the “Be On the Look Out” or “BOLO” list, and often [...]

American Voices: IRS Targeted Conservative Groups For Scrutiny

The IRS is said to have targeted conservative and Tea Party–affiliated groups for tax scrutiny, seeking out organizations that focused on the national debt and those that aimed to influence citizens regarding “how to make America a better plac… The Onion Tweet This Post

Targeted by Obama

Ben Smith: “President Obama, elected with the new technology of microtargeting, is now in danger of a new perception: That he’s the president of microtargeted drone warfare and government surveillance. This is a different critique from the loud and ultimately unpersuasive one Republicans have long made, that initiatives like a health care overhaul, tax increases, [...]

IRS watchdog: Senior IRS officials knew in 2011 tea parties’ tax-exempt status being targeted

WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS watchdog: Senior IRS officials knew in 2011 tea parties’ tax-exempt status being targeted. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

AP Exclusive: IRS knew tea party targeted in 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner. Tweet This Post

Wicker Targeted With Ricin Mailing

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) has been sent an envelope containing a substance testing positive for Ricin, Roll Call reports. Tweet This Post

US to name Russians targeted for sanctions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is set to name Russians accused of human rights abuses to be targeted for financial sanctions and visa bans under a new law. The move has already angered the Russian government, which has threated to retaliate with its own sanctions. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post