82 results for "David Lightman"
IRS cases were referred to ‘Group 7822’
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 12:09 PMThe Internal Revenue Service diverted applications for tax-exempt status from tea party and like-minded organizations to a special track known as Group 7822 for special scrutiny, according to transcripts of an interview by congressional interrog...
As public concerns grow, Congress spooked over spying
Friday, June 14, 2013 at 1:19 PMThe American people are growing increasingly concerned about reports of domestic spying. And Congress isn’t sure how to respond.
Feinstein will seek limits on who can see NSA spy data
Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 3:25 PMThe Senate intelligence committee chairman on Thursday vowed an effort to limit the access of government contract workers, such as Edward Snowden, to highly classified information.
Congress grills NSA chief Keith Alexander about spying
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 4:03 PMIncreasingly uneasy senators subjected Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency, to a tough grilling Wednesday as congressional concern grew over his agency’s cybersnooping.
House members voice skepticism about surveillance programs after FBI, NSA briefing
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 4:03 PMMembers of Congress on Tuesday expressed growing doubts about the way the country’s top-secret surveillance programs are managed, even as the top legislators from each party voiced confidence in the programs and showed little interest in ...
Congress unlikely to change NSA snooping
Monday, June 10, 2013 at 3:16 PMThe revelations that the government has secret programs to collect data from U.S. phone records and the Internet are unlikely to force any significant changes in the program, at least not anytime soon.
In setting limits of secrecy, Congress has taken a back seat
Friday, June 7, 2013 at 4:11 PMWhen Sen Ron Wyden, D-Ore., stepped to the Senate floor last December, he had something on his mind. He was disturbed by what he’d learned about the way the executive branch had used a section of the USA Patriot Act to collect records from...
In the heartland, the gun issue is clear-cut, sort of
Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 11:50 AMPhil Roe remembers the Friday night he heard a scratching on his apartment door. Someone had been casing the area for a couple weeks, and Roe sensed a stranger was about to break in.
Congress blasts spending on IRS conferences, spoof videos
Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 9:06 AMA top official of the Internal Revenue Service – who played “Star Trek’s” Mr. Spock in an agency-funded spoof of the popular TV show – apologized Thursday for not being more careful with taxpayers’ money as be...
Liberal groups haven't complained of IRS scrutiny
Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 12:00 AMThe storm over the Internal Revenue Service's dealings with groups seeking tax-exempt status is now nearly a month old, and virtually no organizations perceived to be liberal or nonpartisan have come forward to say they were unfairly targete...
