THE IRS PLOT THICKENS!!!

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Link: http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/03/14/55707.htm

The Internal Revenue Service is now facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it improperly accessed and stole the health records of some 10 million Americans, including medical records of all California state judges.

According to a report by Courthousenews.com, an unnamed HIPAA-covered entity in California is suing the IRS, alleging that some 60 million medical records from 10 million patients were stolen by 15 IRS agents. The personal health information seized on March 11, 2011, included psychological counseling, gynecological counseling, sexual/drug treatment and other medical treatment data.

"This is an action involving the corruption and abuse of power by several Internal Revenue Service agents," the complaint reads. "No search warrant authorized the seizure of these records; no subpoena authorized the seizure of these records; none of the 10,000,000 Americans were under any kind of known criminal or civil investigation and their medical records had no relevance whatsoever to the IRS search. IT personnel at the scene, a HIPPA facility warning on the building and the IT portion of the searched premises, and the company executives each warned the IRS agents of these privileged records," it continued.

According to the case, the IRS agents had a search warrant for financial data pertaining to a former employee of the John Doe company, however, "it did not authorize any seizure of any healthcare or medical record of any persons, least of all third parties completely unrelated to the matter," the complaint read.

The class action lawsuit against the IRS seeks $25,000 in compensatory damages "per violation per individual" in addition to punitive damages for constitutional violations. Thus, compensatory damages could start at a minimum of $250 billion.

[Stanley Burrell]

Link: http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/03/14/55707.htm

The Internal Revenue Service is now facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it improperly accessed and stole the health records of some 10 million Americans, including medical records of all California state judges.

According to a report by Courthousenews.com, an unnamed HIPAA-covered entity in California is suing the IRS, alleging that some 60 million medical records from 10 million patients were stolen by 15 IRS agents. The personal health information seized on March 11, 2011, included psychological counseling, gynecological counseling, sexual/drug treatment and other medical treatment data.

"This is an action involving the corruption and abuse of power by several Internal Revenue Service agents," the complaint reads. "No search warrant authorized the seizure of these records; no subpoena authorized the seizure of these records; none of the 10,000,000 Americans were under any kind of known criminal or civil investigation and their medical records had no relevance whatsoever to the IRS search. IT personnel at the scene, a HIPPA facility warning on the building and the IT portion of the searched premises, and the company executives each warned the IRS agents of these privileged records," it continued.

According to the case, the IRS agents had a search warrant for financial data pertaining to a former employee of the John Doe company, however, "it did not authorize any seizure of any healthcare or medical record of any persons, least of all third parties completely unrelated to the matter," the complaint read.

The class action lawsuit against the IRS seeks $25,000 in compensatory damages "per violation per individual" in addition to punitive damages for constitutional violations. Thus, compensatory damages could start at a minimum of $250 billion.

This is the worst heist ever. Which could make it the best heist ever.

Like ... we're The Man. So we're fighting The Man. By obtaining gynecological counseling data. It will get us free sex and drugs. Medical treatment.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

How many scandals can one President have before it's a question of his leadership?

[Jarvan]

How many scandals can one President have before it's a question of his leadership?

Well, you have to remember, In each and every case so far, not a single top official was aware of anything. Holder didn't know about anything the DOJ does, Obama isn't aware of anything any of his agencies do. It's all underlings fault.

[AnticorRifling]

How many scandals can one President have before it's a question of his leadership?

0....people bitch regardless.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Deniability only gets you so far. I still have my doubts about anyone other than low level people being burned over this.

Fast and Furious
Benghazi
AP wiretaps
IRS audits Conservative groups
IRS "borrowing" medical records

What else am I forgetting? Because I know there are more.

[SHAFT]

Aren't there like 450 something government agencies, each with hundreds to thousands of employees? Yeah, like The President is aware of what each of those agencies and all of the employees is up to.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Aren't there like 450 something government agencies, each with hundreds to thousands of employees? Yeah, like The President is aware of what each of those agencies and all of the employees is up to.

So what you're saying is the Government might be too big?

[Latrinsorm]

The mere allegation of impropriety counts as a scandal now? Oy vey. Especially when...
Plaintiff's attorney Robert E. Barnes declined to elaborate on the complaint's allegations, saying he will have more information "in a few months."
"I had to file to protect against the statute of limitations being an issue, but am still investigating all facts," Barnes told Courthouse News in an email.Doesn't it seem a little early to jump to conclusions?
"Adding insult to injury, after unlawfully seizing the records and searching their intimate parts, defendants decided to use John Doe Company's media system to watch basketball, ordering pizza and Coca-Cola, to take in part of the NCAA tournament, illustrating their complete disregard of the court's order and the Plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment rights.That's pretty funny (because it didn't [allegedly] happen to me).

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

Maybe the IRS was taking all those medical records because they're going to be overseeing a portion of the Affordable Care Act.

[Latrinsorm]

So what you're saying is the Government might be too big?What we really need is to create a new (Cabinet-level) department in charge of overseeing and collating all the information from all the others. Naturally that department would need a division in charge of overseeing and collating all of its own information, and that division would need a task force, and so on. We could be the first recursive democratic republic!

[Tgo01]

The mere allegation of impropriety counts as a scandal now?

Why not? It worked for Bush.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

What we really need is to create a new (Cabinet-level) department in charge of overseeing and collating all the information from all the others. Naturally that department would need a division in charge of overseeing and collating all of its own information, and that division would need a task force, and so on. We could be the first recursive democratic republic!

I could've sworn there was already some kind of bureau of Counter-Misinformation or some such thing, I am sure they have a regulatory committee that oversees them too.

[subzero]

How many scandals can one President have before it's a question of his leadership?

I don't believe that we're really 'led' by the most interchangeable piece of our government, but that's another story, I guess.

[Latrinsorm]

Nobody even mentioned the Deputy Comptroller for Risk Analysis.

[EasternBrand]

Why not? It worked for Bush.

Oh, so now this is Bush's fault too?

[Tgo01]

Oh, so now this is Bush's fault too?

When has anything stopped being Bush's fault?

[Jarvan]

When has anything stopped being Bush's fault?

We could have 16 more years of Dems, and everything would still be Bush's fault through them all.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

5076

[EasternBrand]

The mere allegation of impropriety counts as a scandal now? Oy vey.

Filing a case without without reasonably investigating its merits is sanctionable. Maybe there is something to the claims, but this guy isn't exactly making the case for it (based on this article).