Stop Blaming the ‘Rogue Agents:’ The myth is debunked, and key IRS officials in D.C. are quietly retiring just in time. National Review: "We can officially dispense with the notion the targeting of tea-party groups began when a couple of rogue agents in the IRS’s Cincinnati office set out to streamline their work. The heart of the effort to target conservative groups occurred in Washington, and that is likely why five D.C.-based IRS officials who are connected to the targeting have retired, resigned, been replaced, or been put on administrative leave, since news of the scandal broke in mid May. "They include Holly Paz, who last week was replaced as director of Rulings and Agreements, the division that oversaw the targeting of conservative groups; Washington lawyer Carter Hull, who is accused of micromanaging the processing of tea-party cases, and requested his retirement package; the commissioner of the agency’s Tax Exempt and Government Entities division, Joseph Grant, who retired on June 3; former IRS commissioner Steven Miller, who resigned days after news of the scandal broke; and the director of the IRS’s Exempt Organizations division, Lois Lerner, who was placed on administrative leave only after refusing to tender her resignation. All five are or were based in the IRS’s headquarters in Washington, D.C."
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:05:22 +0000