Dan 'Fake but Accurate' Rather Weighs in on Obama Scandal Tsunami

Dan Rather, discredited CBS journalist, has weighed in on the recent scandals facing the Obama adminstration.  He stated that the "controversies" are not in the same "cosmos" of Watergate. 16 May 2013

Acting IRS Commissioner Was Due to Leave in June

President Obama announced yesterday that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had asked for the resignation of Steven Miller, acting IRS Commissioner, in the wake of an "ideological profiling" scandal that hit the agency.   However, Miller was due to leave the agency in early June.  16 May 2013

Allons-y! Police Called in Doctor Who/Star Wars Dispute

A heated argument arose between Doctor Who and Star Wars fans at a science fiction convention in UK.   16 May 2013

Chaffetz: Release ALL the Emails

Rep. Jason Chaffetz questioned the release of a mere 100 emails out of 25,000 on Fox News yesterday evening.  He described the emails as a "smidgen"of the documents available pertaining to the Benghazi attack. 16 May 2013

Sources: IRS Workers 'Did What Their Bosses Told Them'

FOX 19 is reporting that four Cincinnati workers have been identified for disciplinary action and possible criminal action for targeting "right wing" groups applying to the IRS for non-profit status.  However, according to sources, IRS workers in Cincinnati, OH "simply did what their bosses ordered."  16 May 2013

Boehner on IRS Scandal: Who's Going to Jail?

During a press conference this morning about the IRS scandal, House Speaker John Boehner  asked "My question isn't who's going to resign, it's who's going to jail over this scandal?" (Where's this guy been hiding?) 15 May 2013

What Could Go Wrong?

In response to John: 15 May 2013

IRS IG Report Could Not Determine Who Was Involved in Creating Criteria

It's Deja Vu all over again.  From the Inspector General's report on IRS profiling: "We could not specifically determine who had been involved in creating the criteria."  And that morsel of information was relegated to a footnote.  15 May 2013

When You've Lost Elijah Cummings.....

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), senior Democrat on the House Oversight Committee had some harsh words regarding the IRS' "ideological profiling" of conservative groups.  "I think laws were probably broken, but at the least there have been some improper actions on the part of the IRS." 

Cummings also said he wanted an Oversight committee hearing, “I’d love for my committee to have a hearing on this. Because I have great concerns about what they knew, when they knew it, and what if anything they did about it, whether or not they were honest with the Congress.” 15 May 2013

Will We Add the IRS to List of Government Agencies Refusing to Cooperate with Congressional Oversight?

CNS News is reporting that the Internal Revenue Service has not indicated it will cooperate with the House Ways and Means Committee demand to turn over information related to its targeting of center right groups.  14 May 2013