IRS ILLEGALLY READING YOUR E-MAILS
NOT ONLY IS THE IRS READING YOUR PRIVATE E-MAILS BUT IS ALSO COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
The American Civil Liberties Union said this week that internal documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request revealed the goons at the IRS were told they don't need a warrant to root through emails, texts or Facebook pages of people it is investigating. According to a 2009 IRS employee handbook, the tax agency says the Fourth Amendment does not protect emails because Internet users don’t “have a reasonable expectation of privacy in such communications.” A lawyer for the IRS reiterated the policy in 2010. And despite the IRS' latest statement, the current online version of the IRS manual says that no warrant is required for emails. ACLU lawyer Nathan Wessler said his group will continue to its push to force the IRS to get permission before it looks at any electronic correspondence. “The IRS should tell the public whether it always gets a warrant to access email and other private communications in the course of criminal investigations. And if the agency does not get a warrant, it should change its policy to always require one,” Wessler wrote.
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NOT ONLY IS THE IRS READING YOUR PRIVATE E-MAILS BUT IS ALSO COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
The American Civil Liberties Union said this week that internal documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request revealed the goons at the IRS were told they don't need a warrant to root through emails, texts or Facebook pages of people it is investigating. According to a 2009 IRS employee handbook, the tax agency says the Fourth Amendment does not protect emails because Internet users don’t “have a reasonable expectation of privacy in such communications.” A lawyer for the IRS reiterated the policy in 2010. And despite the IRS' latest statement, the current online version of the IRS manual says that no warrant is required for emails. ACLU lawyer Nathan Wessler said his group will continue to its push to force the IRS to get permission before it looks at any electronic correspondence. “The IRS should tell the public whether it always gets a warrant to access email and other private communications in the course of criminal investigations. And if the agency does not get a warrant, it should change its policy to always require one,” Wessler wrote.
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