Whoa: Did the IRS also target Jewish groups for 'extra-special attention'?

Dude.

http://twitter.com/KevinNR/statuses/333222081590341632

The IRS admits to targeting conservative groups for additional review and laughably claims the witch hunt wasn’t “motivated by political bias.” What will its math-challenged spokeswoman Lois Lerner say about allegations that the IRS gave “extra-special attention to the tax-exempt status of some Jewish groups for political reason”?

#IRS First they came for the Tea Partiers, then they came for the Jews http://t.co/0XJYlME9bj

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 11, 2013

Whoa… this is getting even uglier RT @KevinNR: IRS inquisition update: Jewish groups, too? http://t.co/lYQAKLFwym

— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) May 11, 2013

#IRS goes after #TeaParty now the Jews? Disturbing pattern here. http://t.co/3pXWpfDRdE

— Harriet Baldwin Text Trump 88022 (@HarrietBaldwin) May 11, 2013

The pro-Israel group Z STREET filed a lawsuit against the IRS in 2010, claiming an IRS agent said the organization would come under extra scrutiny because it’s “connected to Israel.”

In addition, the IRS agent told a Z STREET representative that the applications of some of those Israel-related organizations have been assigned to “a special unit in the D.C. office to determine whether the organization’s activities contradict the Administration’s public policies.”

Why does the IRS have a “a special unit in the D.C. office" to review Israel-related orgs? http://t.co/vV2vpyONAS #tcot #icon

— The Holy Goat (@trueholygoat) May 11, 2013

The whole thing is required reading.

The Jewish Press reports:

The IRS even took the position that because Israel is a country “where terrorism happens,” the service was justified in taking additional time to determine whether Z STREET was involved with funding terrorism.

The first hearing in Z STREET v IRS is reportedly scheduled for July.

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Whoa: Did the IRS also target Jewish groups for 'extra-special attention'?

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