NOM's latest attempt to save face? Accusing HRC of 'stealing' or 'working with a criminal'

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04/05/2012

by Jeremy Hooper

From Brian Brown:

"It appears that someone with either the IRS or the HRC may have committed a federal crime by illegally obtaining and then releasing a confidential tax return of the National Organization for Marriage," said Brian Brown, NOM's president. "It's clear that the tax return was stolen, either from NOM or from the government. The Huffington Post article says that HRC claimed they received the document from a ‘whistleblower.' But the term ‘whistleblower' is completely inapt. We're talking about a criminal who has stolen confidential tax return information. We demand to know who this criminal is, whether they work for the HRC or the IRS, and how they obtained confidential tax information filed only with the US government."
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"I would like to know what the HRC knew and when did they know it," Brown said. "It certainly appears that either the HRC was involved in illegally obtaining this tax return themselves, or they worked with a criminal who stole it from NOM or the IRS. Either way, it appears that a federal crime may have been committed."
FULL THREAT: National Organization for Marriage Demands a Federal Investigation of the Human Rights Campaign and the Internal Revenue Service [NOM]

Nice try, NOM, but it's not gonna work. This is baseless. And in fact, the continued fear of public awareness regarding the NOM support base only makes the dark shadows organization look worse, not better.

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