The Patriot Post® · IRS Hid Information From FOIA Requesters

If the IRS would blatantly mislead Congress over its political targeting of conservative non-profits, it’s not surprising it would mislead the American people as well. An audit of the IRS into how it responded to the public’s Freedom of Information Act requests shows the agency kept information hidden and didn’t properly search for documents 336 times. It also shared sensitive taxpayer information that should have been kept private 21% of the time. The Washington Examiner reports the Treasury Department saw an 84% increase in the number of FOIA requests, right about the time the news broke of the agency’s attacks on conservative groups. More…