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Record material they possess is incorporated in the departments official files and that all file searches for which they are tasked have been completed such as those required to respond to foia, freedom of information act congressional or litigated-related document requests. and goes onto say by the way, if you dont do it, all state department employees including the secretary fines, imprisonment or both may be imposed for the willful and unlawful removal ofr destruction -- >> thats right. and a...

Record material they possess is incorporated in the departments official files and that all file searches for which they are tasked have been completed such as those required to respond to foia, freedom of information act congressional or litigated-related document requests. and goes onto say by the way, if you dont do it, all state department employees including the secretary fines, imprisonment or both may be imposed for the willful and unlawful removal ofr destruction -- >> thats right. and a...

It really cranks up their base. the other thing is it creates a distraction, right, theyre hoping for the white house and the administration while theyre having to deal with document requests, theyre not able takes away from time you can do your job. >> its also the case, that the original strategy was obamacare. they were going to talk about obamacare nonstop. is it just me that as the affordable care act has solidified itself, you have started to see more of these other things sort of fill in ...

They have asked for multiple extensions. now, sometimes keep in mind, greta, they asked for extensions on this document requests in some cases days after the deadline had already come and past. and so over 220 days have passed. we are done playing footy with the irs. so we filed in federal court here in washington, d.c. and obviously i think a lot of people have just had it with what we consider a totally illegal reach by the irs against groups that they dont like. >> well, the freedom of inform...

Subpoenaed are actually going to testify before that committee. theyll respond to the document requests. nobody expects any of them are going to testify. >> im waiting for it to get to the governor himself and waiting to see him subpoenaed under oath. thank you, steve and richard ben-venista. this is "hardball," the place for politics. we use this board to compare car insurance rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. [ rattling ] thats one smart board. what else does it...

They are up to their eyeballs for this debacle. congress was responsible for the oversight right from the get-go. congress should have been scrutinizing each step of the way so the obama administration towed the line and didnt inflict us with this mess it now has. dont tell me the obama administration would not cooperate with oversight and dragging its feet or readily answer the document requests. i know thats true, the obama administration has been anything but transparent. heres what congressm...

But what do you make of this, james? >> i think that is the next case where the investigation has to go. what we are hearing this week is the exact opposite of the story that the government told us in may when this first came out, it was the rogue employees, that was low level and bureaucratic bungling. this is going right to the top. what mr. hull made clear, the top of the irs, these reviews, this additional scrutiny only these tea party and conservative groups was unprecedented. he had been i...

Group complaining in march of last year that they were being treated unfairly by the government. they said they were being unfairly targeted by the irs. tea party groups applied for tax exempt status and some of them got back letters from the irs like this one addressed to the waco, texas tea party. dear sir or madam, we need more information before we can consider your application for exemption. they wanted linings like copies of web pages, newsletters, any and all literature, copies of agendas...

Patrol text agency and bureau of comeback, and fire arms. this could be the bumpiest. critics say he has not complied with the basic document requests. what is going on with that? >> hagel was supposed to hand over formal speeches from 2008 on. colleague rosen uncovered two speeches on the arab-israeli that he did not disclose. some of the speeches before 2008 when he was a senator were pro arab group including some at time were hostile to israel. they have gone above and beyond the document req...

Government not giving answers to legitimate questions that the authority from congress has to ask. >> this is another example of darrell issa trying to use the stage to shine the spotlight on himself. megyn: bernard, if you assume darrell issas document requests are not legitimate -- what if they are? issas point is, i have legitimate requests. many americans want to go what mapped in this case. i have legitimate requests and im getting stonewalled. if you get stone walled over and over, this is...