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Originally posted by Sailor1911:
Here is the deal I would offer: Both you and the transcripts can be sealed in perpetuity - in a cell. Take it or leave it!

I was kinda hoping for a hole covered with concrete but I'll settle for a cell I guess.

I doubt they are afraid of what they say they are afraid of.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
jhe

you interested in signing on for a FOIA request?

I know little more about FOIA than you do. I'm not your man.

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
jhe

you interested in signing on for a FOIA request?

I could write one, provided I had some specifics about these depositions.

I'm not a lawyer, but I've been on the other side, watching fed.gov staff who were doing all they could to not find or release the information the petitioner sought.

I think you guys wanting to get the sealed files by FOIA is a wast of time. Its probably not subject to that kind of request. This one they're trying to get a judge to seal. It may be appealed to a higher court, but its probably why the jerks are going this way. They'll get a friendly judge to lock it up forever. The other side will never get a fair hearing on the matter. If you can somehow appeal it, it will be on your dime, not the governments. Appeals aren't cheap.

Short of specific information on individual returns, there's not a damn thing that the IRS does that should be secret.

They are our employees, working on our business, and we should demand full transparency.

I've been reading about FOIA requests, although there is no specific format, they do have a form, and it can be emailed, faxed or snail mail delivered

it needs however to be very specific in the documents requested

I will keep working on it