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Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
CIA reported
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“Concerns have been expressed that favored treatment has been given these proprietaries by other Government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service and the Civil Aeronautics Board…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.213
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Air America documented
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“The CIA went to the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and indicated that they wished to have the audit conducted by an IRS team on an unwitting basis to see what they could learn…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.232
CIA did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Agency maintains close coordination with the Internal Revenue Service which is aware of the CIA's use of proprietary commercial entities but not of specific proprietaries identities…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.256
Church Committee investigated
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Substantial work was also done on intelligence activities of the Internal Revenue Service…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.7
Internal Revenue Service carried_out_attack
Communist Party of the United States documented
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“In response to White House and congressional interest in right wing organizations the Internal Revenue Service began comprehensive investigations of right-wing groups in 1961 and later expanded to left-wing organizations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.55
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Belgian Communist Party documented
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“As part of its COI TELPRO against the Communist Party the FBI arranged for IRS investigations of Party members and obtained their tax returns.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.69
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“Without imposing adequate safeguards against misuse the Internal Revenue Service passed tax information to the FBI and CIA in some cases in violation of tax regulations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.85
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
CIA documented
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“Without imposing adequate safeguards against misuse the Internal Revenue Service passed tax information to the FBI and CIA in some cases in violation of tax regulations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.85
Trump administration recruited
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“At the urging of the White House and a Congressional Committee the IRS established a program for investigating politically active groups and individuals...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.85
Congressional Committee recruited
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“At the urging of the White House and a Congressional Committee the IRS established a program for investigating politically active groups and individuals...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.85
Interdivision Information Unit did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“In fact, according to its first head, the IDIU did use intelligence from the Army, the Internal Revenue Service and 'other investigative agencies.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.96
Internal Revenue Service founded
Special Service Staff documented
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“In 1969 the IRS established a Special Service Staff to gather intelligence on a category of taxpayers defined essentially by political criteria…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.110
Arthur Burns worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“According to the IRS Commissioner's memorandum Dr Burns expressed to him the President's concern...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.111
Donald Alexander headed
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Upon discovering that its functions were not tax-related new IRS Commissioner Alexander ordered the Special Service Staff abolished…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.112
Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure spied_on
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“although the Internal Revenue Service and other Executive agencies were also included…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.125
Internal Revenue Service located_in
Los Angeles documented
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“An isolated instance of file destruction apparently occurred in the Los Angeles office of the Internal Revenue Service in December 1974…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.164
Internal Revenue Service founded
Ideological Organization Project documented
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“the "Ideological Organization Project, was established in November 1961…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.184
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
J. Edgar Hoover documented
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“More than 465,000 Americans were indexed in the IRS computer system including J Edgar Hoover...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.190
U.S. Department of Justice did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Justice Department's IDIU sent its computer list of 10,000 to 12,000 American dissidents ... to the Special Service Staff of the Internal Revenue Service…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.270
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
Internal Security Division documented
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“The Internal Revenue Service itself disseminated tax returns or related tax information to the CIA the FBI and the Justice Department's Internal Security Division...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.275
FBI did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Internal Revenue Service was furnished names and addresses of Party functionaries who had been active in the underground apparatus…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.298
Internal Revenue Service dissolved
Operation Leprechaun documented
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“IRS payments to confidential informants were suspended in March 1975 as a result of journalistic investigation of Operation Leprechaun.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.301
Donald O. Virdin worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Chief of the Disclosure Branch terminated what he considered the 'illegal provision of tax return information to the FBI by another IRS Division (IRS Memorandum D O Virdin to Harold Snyder 5/2/68.)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.303
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
United States documented
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“non-intelligence agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service and the Post Office be required in the course of any incidental involvement in domestic security investigations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.310
Federal Bureau of Investigation did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Committee's review of disclosure of tax information by IRS to the FBI and the CIA showed three principal abuses by those in telligence agencies…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.330
CIA did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Committee's review of disclosure of tax information by IRS to the FBI and the CIA showed three principal abuses by those in telligence agencies…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.330
Federal Bureau of Investigation did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“using the IRS to audit a professor not just to collect any taxes owing but to distract him from his political activities…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.14
FBI did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“to use the IRS to investigate underground CP members who either failed to file or filed under false names…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.23
FBI supplied_arms_to
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Internal Revenue Service was furnished the names and addresses of Party functionaries who had been active in the underground apparatus…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.76
FBI met_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“When the IRS requested routine name checks on the 19 individuals Director Hoover approved a Domestic Intelligence Division request to send the IRS a copy of the December 1964 monograph…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.179
San Francisco Field Office proposed
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“It discouraged disruption of nationwide distribution because the airline company which had contracted with the Panthers might lose business or face a lawsuit and recommended instead a vigorous inquiry by the Internal Revenue Service to have…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.220
John Olszewski worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“I found that in Detroit this unit under the direction of John Olszewski had by far the best knowledge of the Negro areas in Detroit…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.502
Internal Revenue Service split_off_from
U.S. Treasury Department documented
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“From these statutory origins would evolve the Intelligence Division and Security Inspection Division of the current Internal Revenue Service…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.65
White House recruited
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Agencies utilized in this manner by White House person nel included the Internal Revenue Service…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.288
Internal Revenue Service member_of
U.S. Treasury Department documented
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“The Treasury Department has long contained components with an intelligence potential... The Internal Revenue Service responsible for administering and enforcing the internal revenue laws…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.292
Domestic Intelligence Division member_of
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Intelligence Division staff with over 2,600 special agents is the principal IRS intelligence component…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.293
Special Service Staff member_of
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Another controversial aspect of IRS intelligence operations involves the now defunct Special Service Staff established within the Compliance Division…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.293
Donald C. Alexander headed
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“In May 1973 (one day after he was sworn in) Commissioner Donald C Alexander met with top IRS personnel with respect to the SSS and directed that the SSS actions were to relate only to tax resisters…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.295
Committee on the Judiciary investigated
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Internal Revenue Service Hearings…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.310
Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight investigated
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Internal Revenue Service Intelligence Operations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.311
Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation investigated
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Investigation of the Special Service Staff of the Internal Revenue Service…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.311
Senate Foreign Relations Committee exposed
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“So the committee intends to hold public hearings not only on domestic abuses of the CIA and the FBI but on improper activities of such other Government agencies as the Internal Revenue Service…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents · p.6
Tom Charles Huston worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“I have been pressing IRS since that time to no avail…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.16
Special Service Staff member_of
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“the Special Service Staff was set up at the initiative of the IRS personnel…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.18
John N. Huston met_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“after previously meeting with representatives of the IRS…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.34
Internal Revenue Service founded
Special Service Staff documented
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“What we got instead was the creation of this Special Service Staff…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.35
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Students for a Democratic Society documented
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“the IRS in fact through its Activist Organizations Committee and through the FBI had been supplying to the White House some 5 months prior to the memorandum that we referred to earlier intelligence information on at least one organization t…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.54
Federal Bureau of Investigation did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service reported
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“Mr BRENNAN I was never aware that the FBI requested the IRS to harrass any individual on the basis of his tax return…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.126
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
Post Office Department documented
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“In May 1968 then Postmaster General W. Marvin Runyon stated publicly that the Post Office Department had cooperated with requests for mail cover examination from a number of federal agencies including the Food and Drug Administration the In…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.385
Donald C. Alexander headed
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Donald C Alexander Commissioner Internal Revenue Service…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.3
Singleton Wolfe worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Singleton Wolfe Assistant Commissioner Compliance…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.3
Warren Bates worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Warren Bates Assistant Commissioner Inspection…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.3
Meade Whitaker worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Meade Whitaker Chief Counsel…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.3
William E. Williams worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“William E Williams Deputy Commissioner…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.3
D. J. Brennan Jr. worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“August 15 1969 memorandum for Mr W C Sullivan from D J Brennan Jr Subject Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Investigations of New Left and Extremist Organizations and Individuals…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.3
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“August 1969 memorandum to the Director Federal Bureau of Investigation from the Assistant Commissioner (Compliance) IRS Subject Request to be placed on Dissemination List…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.3
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Muhammed Ali documented
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“November 17 1970 memorandum to Regional Commissioner Midwest Region Attention ARC-Intelligence from Director Intelligence Division Washington D.C. Subject Birddogging Operation involving Muhammed Ali-Jerry Quarry Fight…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.4
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Jerry Quarry documented
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“November 17 1970 memorandum to Regional Commissioner Midwest Region Attention ARC-Intelligence from Director Intelligence Division Washington D.C. Subject Birddogging Operation involving Muhammed Ali-Jerry Quarry Fight…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.4
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
Springfield Police Department documented
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“October 1 1971 letter to Springfield Police Department Springfield Missouri from Special Agent Internal Revenue Service…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.4
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California documented
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“April 15 1975 letter to U.S Attorney Los Angeles California from Group Manager Intelligence Division…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.3
Internal Revenue Service carried_out_attack
Operation Mercury documented
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“August 24 1971 memorandum to District Directors Midwest Region Attention Chief Intelligence Division from ARC-Intelligence Midwest Region Subject Operation Mercury…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.4
Internal Revenue Service carried_out_attack
Operation Bird Dog documented
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“November 5 1970 memorandum to All District Directors Southeast Region from ARC (Intelligence) Southeast Regional Office Subject Operation Bird Dog…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.4
Special Service Staff member_of
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“December 1 1969 and November 2 1970 examples of bi-weekly reports of the Specal Service Staff of the Internal Revenue Service to Assistant Commissionr (Compliance)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.4
Memphis Police Department Intelligence Bureau member_of
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Thomas J Clancy Director Intelligence Division…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.3
Intelligence Gathering and Retrieval Unit member_of
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“List of Intelligence Gathering and Retrieval Unit (IGRU) Data…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.3
Internal Revenue Service located_in
United States documented
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“The Internal Revenue Service is one of the largest repositories of raw intelligence information in the United States…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.5
Federal Bureau of Investigation did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The committee has found evidence indicating that the FBI has widely misused IRS tax information to disrupt political activists…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.6
Thomas J. Clancy worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Thomas Clancy the Director of our Intelligence Division…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.8
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
United States documented
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“Agencies involved in clandestine collection on the international scene have acknowledged some incidental threats to the privacy and safety of American citizens…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.7
William Alexander worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“My commission date from May 25 1973 I was sworn in on May 21 1973…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.9
William Alexander headed
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“We in the management of the IRS have been doing our best to cause the IRS to so conduct itself…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.9
Internal Revenue Service founded
Special Service Staff documented
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“Functioning under the Assistant Commissioner (Compliance) a special compliance group was established in August 1969to receiveand analyze all available information on organizations and individuals promoting extremist views and philosophies…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.13
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Joseph Alsop documented
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“what was Joseph Alsop's name doing on that list…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
John Lindsay documented
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“Do you know what connection he had with any of these organizations that would justify putting his name on the list…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Linus Pauling documented
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“Do you know why he was on this list to have his taxes looked at this list of violent and nonviolent activist groups…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Charles Goodell documented
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“Do you know why they were on the list…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Ernest Gruening documented
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“Do you know why they were on the list…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Charles Diggs documented
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“Is there any reason why he was put on a special watch list for examination of his taxes…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Jimmy Breslin documented
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“Well there are other names here that are equally puzzling writer Jimmy Breslin…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
James Brown documented
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“rock singer James Brown Mr ALEXANDERThat would come under the rock singer category…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Aaron Henry documented
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“What about civil rights leaders Aaron Henry and Jesse Jackson and Coretta King Mr ALEXANDERThe same answer no…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Jesse Jackson documented
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“What about civil rights leaders Aaron Henry and Jesse Jackson and Coretta King Mr ALEXANDERThe same answer no…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Coretta Scott King documented
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“What about civil rights leaders Aaron Henry and Jesse Jackson and Coretta King Mr ALEXANDERThe same answer no…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Shirley MacLaine documented
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“Or actress Shirley MacLaine Was that because she went did she go to North Vietnam at one point I do not think so You do not know why she was on it…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.14
John Alexander worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Though in your hands as Commissioner these abuses might be stopped…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.15
John Alexander headed
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“You tried as Commissioner to put a stop to these activities…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.15
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“And of course our people also work closely with the I)epartiuent of Justice…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.16
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Washington, D.C. documented
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“the manual instructions under which they are to operate are prepared here in Washington…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.16
William Alexander worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“That is what you found when you came in as Commissioner of Internal Revenue…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.17
CIA did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service reported
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“because the IRS was getting these requests as I understand it from the FBI from the CIA and even from the White House to investigate these people…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.18
Trump administration did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service reported
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“because the IRS was getting these requests as I understand it from the FBI from the CIA and even from the White House to investigate these people…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.18
Tom Charles Huston criticized
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Had you been told that Mr Huston who appeared earlier before this committee had been critical of the IRS in June of 1969 because it was not being active enough in investigating some of the organizations that were later investigated…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.20
Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations criticized
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Were you also aware that the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations had expressed a great interest in the IRS files on activist organizations and had been very critical of the IRS because it was not doing enough in this area…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.20
William Wolfe worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Now Mr WTolfe our Assistant Commissioner for Compliance can respond in more detail than I about the controls that we now have in place…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.24
John Alexander worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“I centralized these requests in my office hecaiise we don't want any tax information going from the back door to anybody else other agencies or the kite House et cetera…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.25
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary documented
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“Another group went to a fight of the world heavyweight champion Mohammed Ali who I am glad to say is still the world heavyweight champ in Atlanta Ga. and took down the license numbers of all of those who attended and conducted a survey of t…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.26
Internal Revenue Service funded
Operation Mercury documented
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“a project called Operation Mercury where in essence any individual who submitted a money order for over $1,000 through Western Union their name was given over…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.27
Internal Revenue Service funded
Special Service Staff documented
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“dispose of aberrations in the tax system as we find them such as the Special Service Staff…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.28
William Simon worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Secretary Simon has sent to the Speaker of the House a recommendation for a new law to replace the current law with respect to disclosure of tax information…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.29
Bates worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Mr Bates is in charge of our Inspection Service and Inspection reports directly to the Deputy Commissioner Mr Williams and to me…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.29
William Bennett worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“Mr Bates is in charge of our Inspection Service and Inspection reports directly to the Deputy Commissioner Mr Williams and to me…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.29
Federal Bureau of Investigation recruited
Internal Revenue Service reported
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“It is our understanding that about half of the names organizational and individual names came to the IRS and were included on the list at the request of the FBI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.33
U.S. Department of Justice did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Department of Justice which acts on its own behalf and on behalf of the FBI and U.S attorneys is by far our largest customer…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
U.S. Department of Agriculture did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
Department of Commerce did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
U.S. Customs Service did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
Federal Home Loan Bank Board did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
General Accounting Office did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
Interstate Commerce Commission did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
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“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
Department of Labor did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
Securities and Exchange Commission did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
Renegotiation Board did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“The Department of Agriculture the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms the Department of Commerce the U.S Customs Service the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the Federal Home Loan Bank Board the General Acounting Office the Intersta…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.35
George Alexander worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“Mr ALEXANDER... We are accountable for our own actions... This is not typical of the IRS special agent…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.37
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Jacksonville documented
document
“memo from the IRS to the special agents in the Jacksonville district…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.37
J. K. Wishwell worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“tax memo written by one of the agents... headed 'Instructions from JKW, who is Mr J K Wishwell'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.37
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Los Angeles documented
document
“case out in Los Angeles Calif.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.38
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
United States documented
document
“We have agreements with 48 of the 50 States…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.40
CIA linked_to
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“I gave you an example a few minutes ago of the CIA making such a request on "Ramparts magazine because it feared that "Ramparts might print something that the CIA did not want printed…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.41
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence met_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“I want to thank you Mr Commissioner and I want to thank your assistants who have come here I want to thank you for the cooperation you have given us and the information you turned over to us It is very helpful to the committee…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.41
Internal Revenue Service linked_to
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
document
“Under criteria determined by the Committee in consultation with the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation certain materials have been deleted from these exhibits…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.41
Paul N. Wright worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“Information has been received from Br Paul N Wright of the IRS...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.47
Donald Bacon worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“Attached letter from Assistant Commissioner Donald Bacon requests that...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.47
Donald Bacon proposed
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“Attached letter from Assistant Commissioner Donald Bacon requests that 1-2 be placed on dissemination for our investigative reports...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.47
Barber worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“Barber advised that the IRS examiner handling the USNSA reapplication...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.47
Internal Revenue Service investigated
United States National Student Association documented
document
“Barber advised that the IRS examiner handling the USNSA reapplication for tax-exempt status has just completed his review...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.50
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Tax Protest Movement documented
document
“Attached herewith for your information is a cony of a list of various r_r_.._ears involved in the ti: protest movement Those individuals have beam identified tlr_;rh inecs u-_tions concuc ted in the SanIhtanciecoDistrict relating to various…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.52
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee documented
document
“List of Oranizations The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.54
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Black Panthers documented
document
“List of Oranizations ... The Black Panther Party…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.54
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Nation of Islam documented
document
“List of Oranizations ... The Nation of Islam…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.54
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
American Nazi Party documented
document
“List of Oranizations ... The American Nazi Party…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.54
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Ku Klux Klan documented
document
“List of Oranizations ... The United Klaus of America Inc The White Knights of the KKK…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.54
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Communist Party Youth Club documented
document
“List of Oranizations ... CommunistParty Youth Club…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.55
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Fair Play for Cuba Committee documented
document
“List of Oranizations ... Fair Play For CubaCommittee…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.55
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Young Socialist Alliance documented
document
“List of Oranizations ... Young Socialist Alliance…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.56
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Senegalese Socialist Workers Party documented
document
“List of Oranizations ... Senegalese Socialist Workers Party…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.56
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Soldiers of the Cross documented
document
“List of Oranizations ... Soldiers of The Cross…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.54
Internal Revenue Service funded
IGSR documented
document
“Confidemial funds for the IGSR operation will be maintained in hiaai in the custody of the IGGR GroupManager…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.57
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
New Testament Party documented
document
“If the information obtained relates to NTP then the funds must be paid from 11.12 funds…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.57
Internal Revenue Service spied_on
Tax Protest Group documented
document
“The same applies to the TPG or Strike Force…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.57
6th Circuit Court of Appeals proposed
Internal Revenue Service reported
document
“Por instance if the Supreme Court should affirm a recent decision by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals requiring the issuance of a Statutory Notice of Deficiency within 60 days of a termination assessment all termination assessments may be r…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.64
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Los Angeles District documented
document
“Reviews were made in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Districts in the Western Region...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.66
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Chicago District documented
document
“Reviews were made in ... the Chicago and St Louis Districts in the Midwest Region...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.66
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
St Louis District documented
document
“Reviews were made in ... the Chicago and St Louis Districts in the Midwest Region...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.66
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Jacksonville District documented
document
“Reviews were made in ... and the Jacksonville and Columbia Districts in the Southeast Region…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.66
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Columbia District documented
document
“Reviews were made in ... and the Jacksonville and Columbia Districts in the Southeast Region…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.66
Donald Trump ordered_assassination_of
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“On June 17 1971 the President announced the Administration's expanded effort to combat drug abuse Included in the Presidential message was a charge to the Internal Revenue Service to conduct systematic tax investigations of middle and upper…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.68
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Oklahoma City District documented
document
“However a recent review in the Oklahoma City District showed that summonses have been used in that district also…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.73
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
St. Louis documented
document
“P.O. Box 1566 St. Louis Missouri 63101…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.99
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Missouri documented
document
“P.O. Box 1566 St. Louis Missouri 63101…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.99
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Ponce documented
document
“Ponce Head Guam…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.95
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Guam documented
document
“Ponce Head Guam…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.95
Paul H. Wright worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“Paul H Wright Bi-Weekly 1':eporc (Oat 19-30 1910)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.104
Special Service Group did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“Arrangements have been node to reproduce cer tain parts of the records and e for and theca to the San Francisco District for assistance to the revenue ar;cnt and special a-ent assigned to the and cases…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.104
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
General Accounting Office documented
document
“Returns of 710 taxpayers were not furnished but selected information was extracted from the returns by IRS and furnished to GAO…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.107
United States Attorneys did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“Income Tax Information Requested by Federal Agencies Which was Authorized Under 26 CFR 301.6103(a)-1 United States Attorneys 1,594 4,448 18,062…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.107
Comptroller of the Currency did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“Federal Agency Comptroller of the Currency…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.107
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
National Association of Tax Administrators documented
document
“Under authority of section 6103(b) of the Internal Revenue Code and under arrangements worked out between the Internal Revenue Service and the National Association of Tax Administrators the Service makes available each year a selected list …”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.108
Sheldon Cohen headed
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“The Joint Committee Report says that Commissioner Cohen told of his decision to wind down the project putting such examinations back into the normal channels after he became Commissioner (January 1965 to January 1969)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.109
Sheldon Cohen worked_for
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“The Joint Committee Report says that Commissioner Cohen told of his decision to wind down the project putting such examinations back into the normal channels after he became Commissioner (January 1965 to January 1969)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.109
Internal Revenue Service subsidiary_of
U.S. Department of the Treasury documented
document
“The State of Ohio and the United States Internal RevenueService U S Departmentof the Treasury recognize the mutual benefits to he derived through coordination of their tax administration programsto secure returns determine tax liability and…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.110
Internal Revenue Service did_business_with
State of Ohio documented
document
“The State of Ohio and the Internal Revenue Service recognize their mutual responsibilities to protect the confidentiality of tax return information as provided by law…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.116
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
Washington, D.C. documented
document
“Signed at Washington D C. this 20th day of March 1975…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.119
Senate Select Committee spied_on
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“No information documents of any type presently on hand or hereafter acquired in the Service concerning Intelligence Information Gathering Joint Compliance Program, Coordinated Compliance Projects and Returns Compliance Program will be destr…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.120
John A. Gronouski did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“One letter had to do with explaining a relationship that had existed by law with the IRS having to do with the treatment of mail as personal property…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.47
Internal Revenue Service operated_in
United States documented
document
“according to law and in accordance with law that the IRS was stopping and holding mail…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.58
COINTELPRO did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“sometimes using the IRS in one way or another to achieve those aims…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.144
NSA linked_to
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“Like the CIA and the IRS the NSA too had a "watch list" containing the names of U.S citizens…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.7
Federal Bureau of Investigation did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“the FBI also relied upon the efforts and assistance of the Internal Revenue Service from time to time as a source of information gathering…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.28
FBI did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service reported
document
“There is also an instance that the committee has evidence of where the Bureau at least proposed taking information gained from the Internal Revenue Service and drafting a letter a fraudulent letter over a forged signature of a civil rights …”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.97
Edward Long investigated
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“The other incident concerns the investigation by Senator Edward Long of activities conducted by the Post OfficeDepartment the Internal Revenue Serv ice and others not including the FBI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.214
Internal Revenue Service member_of
COINTELPRO documented
document
“You had the IRS freely participating in CO INTELPRO…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.246
Intelligence Division of the Department of Justice did_business_with
Internal Revenue Service documented
document
“the computer list that made its way to the IRS…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.258
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