Why does the IRS need surveillance gear?

2015-10-26T12:38:06-04:00

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/26/stingray-surveillance-technology-irs-cellphone-tower

IRS possessed Stingray cellphone surveillance gear, documents reveal

Exclusive: Invoices reveal tax service, 13th federal agency to use secretive dragnet, upgraded device that pretends to be cellphone tower to gather metadata

Response by Sgt Kelli Mays made Oct 26 at 2015 12:45 PM

2015-10-26T12:45:40-04:00

Good question. Why does it need surveillance? They don't do anything about it...at least to people who are friends with the administration like Sharpton. He's owed hundreds of thousands...yet little every day people have lost their homes, cars and some their jobs because of the IRS

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 26 at 2015 12:49 PM

2015-10-26T12:49:18-04:00

To conduct investigations.

Response by MSgt James Mullis made Oct 26 at 2015 6:28 PM

2015-10-26T18:28:01-04:00

Spying on people they don't like?

Response by PO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 27 at 2015 7:35 AM

2015-10-27T07:35:38-04:00

....part of the interior enforcement network ... very scary stuff ....