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    May 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Top IRS official pleads the 5th Amendment at testy House hearing

    WASHINGTON — A top Internal Revenue Service official invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to testify Wednesday before a House committee investigating the agency’s mishandling of applications by some conservative groups for tax-exempt status.
    WASHINGTON — A top Internal Revenue Service official invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to testify Wednesday before a House committee investigating the agency’s mishandling of applications by some conservative groups for tax-exempt status....

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Lawyers, Politics, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress

    2. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th

    WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment rather than answer questions about the screening and why she didn't tell Congress about it.
    WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Lawyers, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Tea Party Movement

    3. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Rep. Issa tested by the spotlight

    WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell Issa with the word 'subpoena' underneath."
    WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, George W. Bush, U.S. Army, Henry A Waxman

    4. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry

    WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem.
    WASHINGTON — President Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public's faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of control over a rapidly growing political problem. Making a hastily scheduled statement...

    Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Lawyers, Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Barack Obama

    5. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting

    WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a controversy involving alleged political bias in tax enforcement gathered strength.
    WASHINGTON — Top career officials in the Internal Revenue Service withheld information from Congress for months about the tax agency's targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny, according to documents released Monday as a...

    Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Parties and Movements, Politics, National Government, Tea Party Movement

    6. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Government secretly obtains phone records from journalists

    WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot hatched in Yemen.
    WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot...

    Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Unrest, Conflicts and War, American Civil Liberties Union, Justice and Rights

    7. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Obama dismisses Benghazi criticism as 'sideshow'

    WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans.
    WASHINGTON — A defiant President Obama dismissed as a "sideshow" the controversy over his administration's handling of last year's armed assault in Benghazi, Libya, accusing critics of trying to make political hay from the deaths of four Americans....

    Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Politics, U.S. Department of State, White House

    8. May 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. IRS targeted conservative groups, official says

    WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization already under fire for its handling of secret political spending by nonprofits.
    WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization...

    Tags: Jim Jordan, Parties and Movements, Politics, Paul Ryan, Tea Party Movement

    9. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Envoy describes night of Benghazi attack

    WASHINGTON — Minutes after Greg Hicks learned that the perimeter of the U.S. mission in Benghazi had been breached by men with guns, he punched a cellphone number to reach Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, his immediate boss, who was at the scene.
    WASHINGTON — Minutes after Greg Hicks learned that the perimeter of the U.S. mission in Benghazi had been breached by men with guns, he punched a cellphone number to reach Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, his immediate boss, who was at the scene....

    Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Congress, Police Investigations, Darrell E Issa

    10. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. House committee hearing on Benghazi attack opens on partisan note

    WASHINGTON -- A hearing on the deadly September 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, began with sharp exchanges Wednesday morning when the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform accused the Republican chairman of making baseless assertions about a potential military response that have been refuted by top generals.
    WASHINGTON -- A hearing on the deadly September 2012 attack on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, began with sharp exchanges Wednesday morning when the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform accused the Republican...

    Tags: Michael G. Mullen, Martin Dempsey, U.S. Department of State, Darrell E Issa, Joint Chiefs of Staff

    11. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Partisan politics, little new information at House Benghazi hearing

    WASHINGTON — Partisan politics loomed over a House hearing Wednesday  on the deadly September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound  in Benghazi, Libya, as Republicans and Democrats clashed over the meaning of testimony from three witnesses who had little new to add to the story.
    WASHINGTON — Partisan politics loomed over a House hearing Wednesday  on the deadly September 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound  in Benghazi, Libya, as Republicans and Democrats clashed over the meaning of testimony from three witnesses...

    Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of State, Wars and Interventions, Darrell E Issa, Joint Chiefs of Staff

    12. May 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Nobody died at Watergate, but it was a bigger scandal than Benghazi

    Before Wednesday's hearing into last September&rsquo;s attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said: &ldquo;If you link Watergate and Iran-<em>Contra</em> together and multiply it maybe by 10 or so, you&rsquo;re going to get in the zone where Benghazi is.&rdquo; Not even close.
    Before Wednesday's hearing into last September’s attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said: “If you link Watergate and Iran-Contra together and multiply it maybe by 10 or so, you’re going to...

    Tags: Islam, Politics, U.S. Department of State, Al-Qaeda, Steve King

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U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Photos
Lois Lerner, who supervises the IRS employees handling...
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IRS official Lois Lerner
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