Beginning in 2010, agency officials deliberately targeted for extra scrutiny the non-profit applications of Tea Party groups. Any new group that included certain terms in its name—including “Tea Party” and “patriot”—as well as any that mentioned their purpose as related to issues of taxes, debt, or educating the public about the Constitution, were automatically flagged. Dozens of conservative groups thus had their applications for 501(c) status effectively put on hold for up to two years. Activists complained that they were asked to fill out intrusive questionnaires that sought information about the groups’ activities—information that the IRS was, in fact, prohibited from asking about. One pro-life group was asked to “explain in detail” the activities conducted at its prayer meetings. At the time, none of the affected groups knew what was happening behind the scenes at the IRS, but the pattern of delayed applications was obvious.
http://spectator.org/articles/57721/irs-outrage
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