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...subcommittee's chairman, Georgia Democrat Doug Barnard Jr., says the IRS has become so consumed with preserving its reputation that it is using Section 6103's confidentiality provisions to thwart congressional scrutiny of alleged misconduct. Citing Section 6103, IRS officials have refused to turn over confidential files about the Jordache affair and other cases. "We are handicapped from doing the oversight job that Congress has determined we should do," says Barnard, a conservative former banker...
...same higher-ups who had rushed to Santella's aid. Top IRS and Treasury Department officials dismissed the whistle-blowers' cries of harassment. But in 1987 an independent IRS "grievance examiner" concluded, in a report obtained by TIME, that their complaints were justified. Nothing was done, however, until Barnard's subcommittee began asking questions in early 1988. The whistle-blowers were reinstated in their former positions, and Santella was forced to resign...
...harassing the whistle-blowers was John McManus, who is also the subject of investigation by the subcommittee. McManus, a former deputy assistant commissioner of the IRS, was permitted to retire quietly from the agency in 1987 after a tax case against him was initiated. In April 1988, shortly after Barnard's subcommittee stumbled across his case, the IRS sent McManus a "notice of deficiency" seeking nearly $100,000 in back taxes and penalties...
...tried to offer explanations for what has happened in these cases," says Barnard. "Some of these explanations have been very, very farcical." His efforts have been impeded by the fact that his subcommittee is not empowered to obtain confidential IRS documents without the consent of the concerned taxpayer. But although several taxpayers have given their consent in the current investigation, the Justice Department has blocked the subcommittee from getting the information it seeks...
Nice Berg: The Crimson will be hurt by the losses of Lux, Griffith, Long, Barnard, attacker Brad Raymond, and midfielder Chris Garvey. But they won't be the only ones missed. The Morgan Trophy, awarded annually to the person who has done the most for Harvard lacrosse, went to deserving team manager Stacey Berg. Sincere thanks to her and Assistant SID Julie Rice for their help this season...