Edward Snowden is out of a job. Booz Allen Hamilton, the mammoth government contractor that employed the contract security worker for less than three months, said today that he was fired Monday for violating the firm’s policies. Snowden, 29, has...
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Supporters gather in support of National Security Administration (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden in Manhattan's Union Square on June 10, 2013 in New York City.
Snowden Fired: Booz Allen Was Paying Security Contractor $122,000
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Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine star as Spock and Kirk in Paramount Pictures' "Star Trek Into Darkness" in this handout photo taken on Jan. 12, 2012.
‘Mr. Spock’ (IRS) Apologizes: Conference Does Not Compute
The Internal Revenue Service executive who portrayed Spock in the agency’s Star Trek video parody apologized to lawmakers today for inappropriate spending on a $4.1 million conference in 2010. The videos “at the time they were made, were an attempt...
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Randal Milch, executive vice president and general counsel with Verizon Communications Inc., testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2012.
Washington Daybook: Can You Hear Me Now?
Attorney General Eric Holder may be defending more than his budget in his appearance before a Senate committee today. The revelation that the Obama administration is collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers using a secret court order...
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A former female solder, who was sexually assaulted while serving in the U.S. Army, at her home in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Washington Daybook: Accountability
Call it Accountability Day. The Gallup polling organization held a press conference to explain why its 2012 presidential polling was off. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will be asked to explain to a Senate Committee what he’s...
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington, D.C.
IRS Dance Party: Cupid Shuffle
Not since “Janet Reno’s dance party” has stepping out made Washington seem so, oh, funny. Yet this is not “Saturday Night Live.” This is an actual IRS video of one of the training exercises the Internal Revenue Service organized for...
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Representative Darrell Issa, a Republican from California, right, confers with a staffer, with Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the committee, during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington, D.C., on May 22, 2013.
Bloomberg By the Numbers: 76
That’s the percentage of U.S. voters who want a special prosecutor to investigate the Internal Revenue Service over its targeting of groups with “tea party” and “patriot” in their names, according to a poll released today by Quinnipiac University. Those organizations...
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Republican strategist Karl Rove at the California Republican Party convention, in Sacramento, Calif., on March 2, 2013.
Karl Rove’s Scandal-Making Machinery
Of all the so-called scandals that have beset the Obama administration in recent months, the one that can truly be dubbed with the S-word is rolling on: Karl Rove, architect of George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns and fall-guy for the...
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Christina King, left, and Lynne Sherrer, center, hold signs during a Tea Party Internal Revenue Service (IRS) demonstration on May 21, 2013 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
McConnell Joins Effort to Tie Health-Care Law to IRS Scandal
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is adding his voice to those trying to tie the ongoing Internal Revenue Service scandal to the new health-care law, which will expand coverage to more than 25 million uninsured Americans. McConnell, of Kentucky, called for...
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Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, left, and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman confer during a break in testimony before the Senate Finance Committee May 21, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Watchdog Group Files Second Lawsuit Against IRS
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has again sued the Internal Revenue Service over its regulation of nonprofits incorporated under Section 501(c)(4) of the tax code. The watchdog group is asking the U.S. District Court to direct the IRS to draft...
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IRS protesters on May 21, 2013 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Tea Party activists organized the protest against the Internal Revenue Service saying they improperly targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
IRS Was Wrong to Target Tea Party Groups, ABC-Post Poll Shows
Almost three-fourths of Americans think it was “inappropriate” for the Internal Revenue Service to target Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll out today. A majority of respondents said the government was harassing those organizations. The survey of 1,001...
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