Whistle-blower says he was targeted by IRS

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P. Jeffrey Black bumped up against his bosses in the Federal Air Marshal Service, eventually becoming a whistle-blower and testifying to a closed-door congressional hearing before his retirement in 2010.

He had taken a long list of complaints to lawmakers about how the air marshals service was run, ranging from problems keeping marshals on flights to allegations of ineptitude and favoritism by managers. The same year he retired, he appeared in "Please Remove Your Shoes," a documentary critical of the airline security measures travelers endure on every trip.

Then came the audit, which an Internal Revenue Service agent told him about the same day the movie premiered -- "almost to the hour," he said.

The year-long investigation included the placement of a $24,000 lien against his home. In the end, the IRS found out Black owed them $480 -- while the government owed him $8,300.

Black paid his $480; the government never paid him, saying the statute of limitations had run out. Now, he thinks someone -- perhaps the Air Marshal Service, the Department of Homeland Security or elsewhere in the Obama administration -- was using the IRS to retaliate against him.

Full Anderson Cooper 360 exclusive story: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/18/politics/whistleblower-irs/index.html

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

1. Anybody who's ever been audited thinks they're a "target" of some damn thing or another

In this case, they guy had already done all the damage he was ever going to do -- so why "target" him for an audit? So he can pay a measly $480? And if the timing had been different and the statute of limitations hadn't run out, they government would have been doing him a favor.

Just proves that the guy sucked at doing his taxes -- or whoever he hired to do them should be ashamed.