The Backstory
Dec 4th, 2007 at 8:09 am by Susie
Somehow, I’m not surprised to find that the Barry Bonds case was driven by someone who some people describe as an “overzealous” IRS agent:
Mr. Rains accused Mr. Novitzky of perjury in two sworn statements at the heart of the Balco case. Mr. Rains wrote that all evidence obtained from Balco and Mr. Anderson’s home against all defendants should be thrown out because Mr. Novitzky put a false statement in the original search warrant affidavit about the reliability of an informant.
Mr. Rains also said two members of the San Mateo narcotics task force, who worked with Mr. Novitzky early in the case, met with Mr. Nedrow, the assistant United States attorney, to express their concerns about what they said were the false statements by Mr. Novitzky. Mr. Rains wrote that Mr. Nedrow replied that he would deal with the problems later but never did. One member of the task force did not respond to specific questions by e-mail, and the other could not be identified.
In early 2003, Mr. Novitzky had a state narcotics agent go undercover in a gym to try to befriend Mr. Anderson. The agent, Iran White, later told Playboy magazine that Mr. Novitzky was obsessed with Mr. Bonds and talked about writing a book. One of the task force agents corroborated Mr. White’s account, according to Mr. Rains’s letters to Mr. Schools.
Mr. Novitzky signed a sworn statement in 2004 denying he had ever discussed a book deal. A response to Mr. Rains from Mr. Schools did not address the specific contentions about Mr. Novitzky, but said the government would continue the case against Mr. Bonds because it had “significant evidence that contradicts your client’s grand jury testimony.”
Mr. Conte said the government gave favorable sentences to the Balco defendants in plea negotiations after postponing a court hearing that was going to focus on Mr. Novitzky’s conduct.
[...] Original post by Suburban Guerrilla [...]
Once again proof that the IRS need to be done away with and the immoral practice of taxing income must end. The IRS has long been an agency out of control and there is no way it can be tamed short of it’s total and utter demise.
What about the immoral practice of sales taxes?
Properly structured for progressivity, the income tax is good.
Especially as applied to business entities.
What about the immoral and regressive practice of sales taxes?
When properly structured for progressivity, the income tax is good.
Especially as applied to business entities.
Of course, the Repubs have structured it to favor hedge fund managers — that’s immoral.
How is any tax on a persons hard work anything but evil? As for tax a business I have no problem with that it’s tax the people for their hard work that I find evil. Especially since the government at every level but in particular the federal is so inefficient and load with duplication of work. One example of the money wasting duplication was in the 9/11 commission report that stated there are 14 agencies involved in intelligence gathering. Of course in true government fashion they didn’t eliminate any of these agencies but instead created a whole new one to oversee them. Which was part of the job description of the CIA in 1947. See how well that work?