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Thursday, April 11, 2013

BIG BROTHER OUT OF CONTROL! - IRS: We can read emails without warrant

JUST WAIT, ALL THE BENEFITS THAT ATTRACTED YOU TO YOUR JOB - THEY WANT TO TAX!
Tax the free coffee (I get that and I'm self-employed), the apartment cleaning services, the in-house gym (doesn't Congress have that) the child care. You name it, they want to tax it. m/r

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. ..." Ronald Reagan


IRS: We can read emails without warrant - The Hill's Hillicon Valley

By Brendan Sasso 04/10/13 

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has claimed that agents do not need warrants to read people's emails, text messages and other private electronic communications, according to internal agency documents.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which obtained the documents through a Freedom of Information Act request, released the information on Wednesday.
In a 2009 handbook, the IRS said the Fourth Amendment does not protect emails because Internet users "do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in such communications." A 2010 presentation by the IRS Office of General Counsel reiterated the policy.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/292989-irs-claims-it-can-read-emails-without-a-warrant#ixzz2QAFzvzqQ 
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