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Americans for their political beliefs in march of 2010. that was after observing a surge in applications for status as a 01 c 4. that was your rationale. to support this claim, you both cited increase from about 1500 applications in to 10 to nearly 3500 in 2012. data contained in the ig audit says the targeting began in march 2010 before this uptick. in fact, the audit also says on page 3, that the number of 501 c 4 applications for all of 2010 was actually less than in 2009. mr. miller, you sai...

Report it answers your question. >> there are no names in the inspector generals report. so im asking you, not only as the acting commissioner but as the deputy commissioner over this organization who is responsible for targeting these individuals? >> i dont have names for you, mr. brady. im willing to try to find that out. >> megyn: that was republican congressman kevin brady of texas grilling the outgoing irs commissioner stephan miller at todays hearing about the irss targeting of conservativ...

Uptick. >> you have already indicated that you agreed with the findings of fact in the ig report. it says there was no uptick. >> i dont. >> how do you reconcile this. >> i have got to look at the numbers sir, i cant speak to that. >> you dont agree with the ig report. >> i would have to look at the ig report on that. >> mr. miller, in june of 2011, ms. learner learned about the practice it of targeting conservative groups for compelled disclosure of donor lists and other information. she learne...

That in and of itself is criminal activity. >> megyn: he denied that. >> yeah, i know. but, no, he didnt say that it was not leaked. >> he said. >> he would be outraged. >> megyn: he would be shocked. >> im a little shocked that they targeted conservative groups although after doing these cases for 24 months nothing shocks me anymore. the inspector general is the word that used the word targeting by the way. i think the the reality, megyn, this is nothing but politics, but i believe that the att...

Groups, one of concerns is the radical islamist within that community and the concern is that some of those aways could make their way to al qaeda affiliated groups. so no-fly zones are being discussed. further arming of rebels and direct arming of rebels and trying to deplete syrias means in taking on some of its own people. >> live at the white house, peter alexander, thank you so much for that. joining us now, post post reporter and chief correspondent. thank you both for being with us on a...

Here went off turkish military and military installations but in recent decades shifted to targeting u.s. military and diplomatic personnel. leftist groups are on the list of domestic security threats that turkey faces and they are known to periodically set off bombs. they are the last category initially suspected in there since there are al-qaida affiliated groups very active in groups and kurdish separatists have been active. you have the war with syria going on at turkeys border. the bombing ...

Facility now, surrounded by the local a veerian military were told. chairman of the house intelligence committee said the kidnapping of the americans and westerners in algeria, brazenly raises the stakes in volatile region. the obama administration needs clear and focused policy to eliminate the threat that thety verse al-qaeda affiliateed groups pose to united states and americans working abroad off of the usual battlefields. additionally this administration needs to better understand the speci...

He assumed that that must have happened at the white house. though no one knows. thats the $64,000 question today. why would that be taken out? wouldnt that be something that the american public and lawmakers would want to know this was al qaeda motivated? and who took it out? so congressman are trying get to the bottom of this. lets listen. >> the initial talking points, which were put together in an ununclassified format at the request of the house intelligence committee initially did state th...

Coordination and ultimately ended up bee believe in ambassador rices hands to use as a briefing fool for her appearances. we still dont know who pwraoefz ambassador rice, what talking points she used and who edited them from the time they left intelligence community to the time she made her aeu americans on the sunday morning talk shows. neither director petraeus nor any of the witnesses we had yesterday in the benghazi hearing were able to answer that question kwrao did he specifically say that...

John boehner is pulled by two groups. one he does not want to be obstructionist not to allow tax cuts for lower group to go through and doesnt want tax cuts to go through. he is pulled on that side and by his own party. what i hope is that the vast majority of the republicans hold true and if some of the republicans peel off, i would, that would be fine. if they pushed through obamas bill, but i do not want to see them punished. but the republicans need to have this position for 2014 and the res...