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They're applying in a nonpartisan way. >> is it known at this point who came up with this ludicrous idea for the irs to actually go after groups based on their politics? >> who came up with it, no, not yet but we probably will find out more about that later this week when the irs actually unveils its inspector general report but look, the irs has two big problems here. number one of course is just the concept of targeting groups when they're looking into the tax-exempt status, or any status, frankly, based on their political beliefs. that is simply a no-no and something that the irs has admitt...

To go. there is a contingency team or extremist team, i'll refer to them, assigned to the commander in chief and local areas. where were they that night? why weren't provisions made to have forces within range and just an hour away from benghazi. why weren't they deployed ready to go to take action in any of those areas in the middle east or north africa? it makes no sense. they totally ignored their responsibility, partly because they didn't want to admit they had a problem. they were trying to perpetuate this fiction that there were no terrorists because they got bin laden. that's a lie. >> ...

That have been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that's outrageous and there's no place for it. and they have to be held fully accountable, because the irs as an independent agency requires absolute integrity and people have to have confidence that they're applying in a nonpartisan way. >> is it known at this point who came up with this ludicrous idea for the irs to actually go after groups based on their politics? >> who came up with it, no, not yet but we probably will find out more about that later this week when the irs actually unveils its inspector ge...

It is not low-level people because the acting commissioner himself has said i knew about it last year. that part of the story not true. in the meantime not only apparently is the i.r.s. targeting groups, does look as if they have leaked out some of the information to various organizations. for instance, in december of 2012, propublica got a copy of the application for tax-exempt status for crossroads g.p.s. which is karl rove's outfit. and it was from the same i.r.s. office in cincinnati which sent propublica applications for 31 different groups. that stuff is supposed to be secret until it's ...

You showed a tape of douglas shulman the irs commissioner answering the question about whether or not they were targeting groups. targeting groups. tell