Transparent: IRS Freedom of Information Act public reading room closed to public

Nor can we sit. MT @gregorykowalski The FOIA public reading room at IRS headquarters is closed to the public.

— Fredreka Schouten (@fschouten) May 16, 2013

Remember yesterday’s stunning above-the-fold banner headline across USA Today’s front page? The no-nonsense truth bomb called, “IRS gave a pass to liberals”? The byline on that article belonged to the newspaper’s Washington correspondent Gregory Korte, who tweets today that the IRS won’t give him (or anyone else) as pass to the IRS’ Freedom of Information Act public reading room. Not only that: guards wouldn’t even let him photograph the door … which was locked, by the way. And no one seems to have the key.

https://twitter.com/gregorykorte/status/335108575204634624

https://twitter.com/thecivilcomment/status/335112438640934912

So the FOIA reading room at the IRS HQ has been closed to the public. Punishing the citizenry again just like the sequester. So petty…

— Juan And Cathy Talk (@JuanAndCatTalk) May 16, 2013

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“@gregorykorte: Disclosure office and building security say no one has a key to the IRS HQ FOIA public reading room.” Really… #SoundsLegit

— Amanda Walters (@amandawalters) May 16, 2013

There’s always the website.

https://twitter.com/gregorykorte/status/335107829327360001

Remember that handy tweet from the White House today reminding us that Obamacare is the law? So is maintaining a public reading room under the Freedom of Information Act.

https://twitter.com/gregorykorte/status/335124165478731776

Don’t worry about it, though; there’s nothing to see there anyway.

https://twitter.com/gregorykorte/status/335118075563225090