Another IRS Scandal: How many are we at now?

[tinydancer]

Geeze louise I'm losing track. And this person is taking the 5th as well.



An IRS technology official at the center of a House investigation into whether he pushed the agency to award contracts worth up to $500 million to a company owned by a personal friend pleaded the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify at a House hearing Wednesday.

A House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform report Tuesday said Greg Roseman, an IRS deputy director, may have influenced the IRS to award lucrative IT contracts to Strong Castle, Inc.

The same report also said the company had given the Small Business Administration misleading information to win approval so it could obtain set aside contracts, and that its Veterans Affairs awarded status as a so-called service disabled veteran company was based on a nearly three decade old sports injury by its owner.

The House investigation also uncovered numerous text messages between Roseman and Strong Castle’s owner, Braulio Castillo. The company was previously called Signet Computers. The committee report said the company had little experience, but Castillo pushed back on that assertion, saying the firm had 15 years experience when he purchased it.

http://blogs.federaltimes.com/federal-times-blog/2013/06/26/irs-official-pleads-the-fifth/

 

[Mad Scientist]

It's a persons' Constitutional Right to do so. You against that?

Declare your right not to incriminate yourself and let the Investigators try to find the Evidence by themselves.

But see, the people at the IRS know that Congress or anyone in Gov't is TOO SCARED to go after them. All they have to do is shut up and have the MSM run interference for them by running stories of Kanye West and George Zimmerman instead.

Bankers for the Win!

 

[tinydancer]

It's a persons' Constitutional Right to do so. You against that?

Declare your right not to incriminate yourself and let the Investigators try to find the Evidence by themselves.

But see, the people at the IRS know that Congress or anyone in Gov't is TOO SCARED to go after them. All they have to do is shut up and have the MSM run interference for them by running stories of Kanye West and George Zimmerman instead.

Bankers for the Win!

Oh I'm not against anyone taking the 5th.

Just duly noted that this is the second IRS oerson to do so.

 

[FA_Q2]

Geeze louise I'm losing track. And this person is taking the 5th as well.



An IRS technology official at the center of a House investigation into whether he pushed the agency to award contracts worth up to $500 million to a company owned by a personal friend pleaded the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify at a House hearing Wednesday.

A House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform report Tuesday said Greg Roseman, an IRS deputy director, may have influenced the IRS to award lucrative IT contracts to Strong Castle, Inc.

The same report also said the company had given the Small Business Administration misleading information to win approval so it could obtain set aside contracts, and that its Veterans Affairs awarded status as a so-called service disabled veteran company was based on a nearly three decade old sports injury by its owner.

The House investigation also uncovered numerous text messages between Roseman and Strong Castle’s owner, Braulio Castillo. The company was previously called Signet Computers. The committee report said the company had little experience, but Castillo pushed back on that assertion, saying the firm had 15 years experience when he purchased it.

IRS official pleads the Fifth ? Fedline - The Federal Times Blog - federal news, government operations, agency management, pay & benefits

The entire system of approving contracts throughout the government is corrupt as hell. It is one of the things that makes it so inefficient.

 

[Plasmaball]

blog....not a source, pass

 

[bendog]

whoa, I think she's got something here. LOL

 

[rdean]

Another IRS Scandal: How many are we at now?

We are still at the first one that started in 1959 under Eisenhower.

 

[rdean]

Geeze louise I'm losing track. And this person is taking the 5th as well.



An IRS technology official at the center of a House investigation into whether he pushed the agency to award contracts worth up to $500 million to a company owned by a personal friend pleaded the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify at a House hearing Wednesday.

A House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform report Tuesday said Greg Roseman, an IRS deputy director, may have influenced the IRS to award lucrative IT contracts to Strong Castle, Inc.

The same report also said the company had given the Small Business Administration misleading information to win approval so it could obtain set aside contracts, and that its Veterans Affairs awarded status as a so-called service disabled veteran company was based on a nearly three decade old sports injury by its owner.

The House investigation also uncovered numerous text messages between Roseman and Strong Castle’s owner, Braulio Castillo. The company was previously called Signet Computers. The committee report said the company had little experience, but Castillo pushed back on that assertion, saying the firm had 15 years experience when he purchased it.

IRS official pleads the Fifth ? Fedline - The Federal Times Blog - federal news, government operations, agency management, pay & benefits

I missed the part where it's Obama's fault.

 

[Foxfyre]

It's a persons' Constitutional Right to do so. You against that?

Declare your right not to incriminate yourself and let the Investigators try to find the Evidence by themselves.

But see, the people at the IRS know that Congress or anyone in Gov't is TOO SCARED to go after them. All they have to do is shut up and have the MSM run interference for them by running stories of Kanye West and George Zimmerman instead.

Bankers for the Win!

Oh I'm not against anyone taking the 5th.

Just duly noted that this is the second IRS oerson to do so.

Agreed that the 5th Amendment is the fundamental right to not incriminate yourself. However, there is also the fundamental principle of the people assigning authority to the government, and that authority should not be any form of license to steal from the people or hide from the people what government is doing to them.

Any public servant receiving their wages from the tax payer should sign a statement before going to work that all his/her duties and product will be open to full scrutiny and transparency in all aspects which effectively waives the right to take the 'fifth' in regards to the people's work. Taking the 'fifth' should be grounds for immediate dismissal and forfeiture of all compensation and benefits.

The ONLY reason for government work to not be in full view of the tax payer is in sensitive areas of national security, and even then our elected representatives must be kept fully informed of all that.

Think how much money we would save and how much waste would be eliminated by initiation of that simple rule. It is unconscionable that it does not already exist.