Bipartisan angst grows against IRS surveillance

By Rudy Takala
Published October 30, 2015 5:40pm ET
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Bipartisan angst grows against IRS surveillance
"The IRS failed to comply with a congressional subpoena. The IRS further failed by making false statements to Congress," Jason Chaffetz said. (AP Photo)  | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

A bipartisan coalition of House members is demanding the IRS brief them on its warrantless surveillance tech.

In a Thursday letter addressed to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, leaders of the House Oversight Committee, including Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and ranking member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., demanded to know details behind the IRS program to spy on taxpayers using cell-site simulators, and requested that a briefing on the program be scheduled within a week.

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