Contentions Will IRS’s Strategy of Destroying Evidence Pay Off?

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http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/08/26/will-irss-strategy-of-destroying-evidence-pay-off/


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Will IRS’s Strategy of Destroying Evidence Pay Off?
Seth Mande
08.26.2014 - 5:05 PM

If the latest revelations about the IRS are correct, then its officials have approached the abuse-of-power scandal with a clear strategy, pretty much from the beginning. They have been betting that, since their illegal targeting campaign against those who disagree with President Obama has had the backing of Democrats in Congress, they needed only a media strategy, not a political one. And that media strategy appears to have been: conceal or destroy potential (and actual) evidence, and assume that this activity will be less damaging than whatever is in the files they’ve worked to hide.

It’s a direct challenge to the media, in other words.

There are two aspects to the latest news. The first is that, according to Judicial Watch, the Justice Department believes Lerner’s records are backed up, but don’t want to put in the effort to find them:

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And that media strategy appears to have been: conceal or destroy potential (and actual) evidence, and assume that this activity will be less damaging than whatever is in the files they’ve worked to hide.

That is what should not be allowed to happen because it incentivizes that behavior but, in today's society, probably will be allowed.

Much like the big banks getting off with fines that are lower than their profits from market manipulation.

This is why our society is so sick, it pays big bucks to those in charge to be sick...