I just got a (virtual) visit from the IRS:
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IP Address | 152.216.11.# (INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Browser | Internet Explorer 6.0 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; InfoPath.1) |
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Time of Visit | Dec 28 2006 7:20:28 am | |||||||||||||||||||
Last Page View | Dec 28 2006 7:20:28 am | |||||||||||||||||||
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Referring URL | http://www.google.co…q=blattner pipe bomb | |||||||||||||||||||
Search Engine | google.com | |||||||||||||||||||
Search Words | blattner pipe bomb | |||||||||||||||||||
Visit Entry Page | http://blog.joehuffm…mbmaking Expert.aspx | |||||||||||||||||||
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Visitor’s Time | Dec 28 2006 10:20:28 am | |||||||||||||||||||
Visit Number | 123,064 |
They did a search on Google for information on a pipe bomb case and found this post where I commented about being quoted by a newspaper on the case in question.
I wonder why the IRS is interested. It’s possible some folks at the ATF show up as within the IRS on because they share the same block of IP addresses or something (the ATF used to be entirely within the Department of the Treasury). But I find it more amusing to believe the IRS thinks there is money to be collected from people involved in the manufacture and sale of pipe bombs.
What was formally the revenue arm of the BATF is now under the treasury.
Maybe someone is looking for an excuse to claim DDs were made without paying the tax?
The tax collectors are the first place people with pull go to when they want an annoying person suppressed.
Could be. It’s “something” to club the kid with if they can’t make the bomb making charge stick or they want to plea bargin him down to failure to pay the tax or something.