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1RS Clears NAACP in Political Probe
September 12, 2006
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Civil rights
group vindicated
The 1RS has inform ed the N A A C P that
it has co n clu d ed its ex a m in a tio n o f the
civil rights g ro u p ’s ac tiv itie s and d e te r
m ined the asso ciatio n did not violate
co n d itio n s o f its tax ex em p t status.
T he 1RS launched the ex am in atio n on
O ct. 8. 2004 after receiv in g co m p lain ts
from several R epublican m em bers o f
C o n g ress w ho said th eir co n stitu e n ts
b elieved N A A C P N ational B oard o f
D irectors C hairm an Julian B o n d cro ssed
the line o f n o n -p artisa n sh ip in a speech
at the N A A C P 2004 N ational C o n v e n
tion critical o f Bush a d m in istratio n p o li
cies.
“T he good new s is that w e are v in d i
ca te d ," said Bond. "T h e bad new s for us
presents
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and o th e r freedom loving
A m erican s is that it w as
in itiated for partisan p u r
poses to th reaten o u r right
to free speech. W e’ll c o n
tin u e to sp e ak tru th to
p o w er."
N A A C P President and
CEO Bruce S. Gordon cal led
it "disappointing that the IRS
took nearly tw o years to
conclude w hat we knew from
the beginning: the NAACP
did not violate tax laws and
continues to be politically
non-partisan.
"T ax -ex em p t o rg an iz atio n s should
feel free to critiq u e and ch a llen g e g o v
e rn m e n ta l p o lic ie s u n d e r th e F irst
A m en d m en t w ithout fear o f IRS in ter
v en tio n ," G o rd o n said.
The IRS initiated an audit o f the NAACP
ju st one month before the
2004 presidential election
and nearly three months
b efo re th e en d o f the
N A A C P 'stax year.
T he 1RS refused to e x
plain the b asis o f its in
v estigation for m ore than
a y ea r. T he N A A C P
learned the basis for the
ex a m in a tio n only after
filing four Freedom o f In
form ation A C T requests.
T h e d o c u m e n ts in
clu d ed co m p lain ts filed
by Sens. L am ar A lexander. R-Tenn. and
S usan C o llin s, R -M ain e. th en -S en ato r
S trom T h u rm o n d , R -S .C ., Reps. JoA nn
D avis. R-V a. and Larry C om best, R-
T ex as, th en -R ep s. R obert E hrlich, R-
M d) and Joe S carb o ro u g h , R -Fla. and
political d o n o r R ichard Hug.
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(AP) — Steve Irwin pulled a poisonous
stingray barb from his chest in his dying
moments, his longtime manager said T ues
day, after w atching videotape o f the at
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tiny Batt Reef o ff A ustralia's far northeast
Australian Steve Irwin, o f the Animal
Planet TV show "The Crocodile
Hunter, " holds a nine-foot female
alligator in company with his Ameri
can wife Terri, who is from Eugene,
at his "Australia Zoo" in Beerwah,
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coast where the accident happened.
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