Potentially explosive development in IRS scandals

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One of the most important and so-far least noted threads in the IRS sandal cloth is the inexplicable remark made by Austan Goolsbee, at the time the Chairman of the White Council of Economic Advisors about the taxes paid by the Koch brothers - arch villains in the Manichean delusions of the American left - that would require his knowledge of their confidential tax returns. Did the White House senior staff illegally browse through the tax records of their political enemies? The Washington Free Beacon has been trying to find out, and uncovered an interesting response:

CJ Ciaramella reports:

The Treasury Department on Wednesday refused to confirm or deny the existence of an inspector general report investigating whether or not former White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee illegally accessed tax information on the Koch brothers.

http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/07/potentially_explosive_development_in_irs_scandals.html

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One of my pet peeves these days is how Hannity loves to have Goolsbee on his show regularly..

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Did you note why the FOIA was turned down?

Your request seeks access to the types of documents for which there is no public interest that outweighs the privacy interests established and protected by the FOIA (5 U.S.C. §§ 552(b)(7)(C) and (b)(6))."

Oh, yes, of course, no public interest whatsoever into just how Goolsbee was able to get that information. After all  "privacy interests" (whose?) far outweigh that matter.