Let's Not Forget the IRS

With all the discussions about Edward Snowden and the NSA scandals underway, it is important that Americans do not forget the ongoing mess that is the IRS scandal.  Here we are, many weeks after the news of IRS improprieties first surfaced, and we still do not know who directed this whole endeavor at the IRS.  We are sure that the original story from the administration was a lie.  This was not the act of just a few rogue agents in Cincinnati; Washington was involved and in charge.  The question, though, is just who in Washington put the persecution of conservatives into place.

We know that confidential IRS information was given to the co chair of the Obama re-election campaign.  Did campaign officials direct the efforts of the IRS?  We don't yet know.  We know that Treasury Department and White House officials knew of the IRS efforts weeks, months and even years before they became public, and that nothing was done to stop the targeting of conservatives.  Was the IRS misconduct directed by Treasury or White House officials?  We don't know that for sure either, although circumstantial evidence certainly points in that direction.

These are extremely important questions that require answers.  We cannot let them get lost because another scandal is taking up attention.  We know that the House committees investigating the matter are continuing their work, but that effort cannot be allowed to be forgotten.  The basic freedoms of Americans are at stake.