Congressional sources: IRS also targeted liberal groups with the "progressive" word.

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Word 'progressives' among words used to screen organizations

WASHINGTON (CNN) - The IRS targeted liberal groups as well as conservatives for extra scrutiny of tax-exempt applications, using the word "progressives" among other liberal-sounding terms to screen for organizations engaged in political activity, multiple congressional sources told CNN on Monday.

The agency used multiple lists of inappropriate criteria in reviewing applications for tax-exempt status up until this month, the temporary head of the tax agency said Monday in his first report on the targeting of conservative groups.

IRS Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel provided no details of what inappropriate criteria were on the lists, but said "there was a wide-ranging set of categories and cases that spanned a broad spectrum."

The practice of using so-called "Be On the Look Out" or BOLO criteria has been suspended in considering tax-exempt applications, Werfel told reporters in announcing his initial review of the agency he took over in May.

http://www.wcyb.com/news/politics/nairs-probe-finds-more-screening-lists/-/14590782/20695094/-/ngi318/-/index.html

This was on our local news site. I was surprised to read it.

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