[TheRealThing]

^The news just keeps getting more Orwellian. Though we're still in the early stages of the investigative process, we see that any groups who were opposed to this administration's policies were targeted. That would include folks who were associated with Z Street, and organizations that had any words in their name like constitution or patriot. In short, according to the Wall Street Journal this morning, anything remotely suggestive of conservative origins. "thanks to an ever-changing set of criteria by which it would vet "social welfare" organizations applying for 501©(4) tax-exempt status under the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. As those criteria evolved over two years, they at one point in June 2011 included groups focusing on certain issues, including "Government spending, Government debt, or taxes; Education of the public via advocacy/lobbying to 'make America a better place to live,' " Reuters reports.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/201...roups.html