president obama appointed werfel to replace stephen miller was that down last month amid a brewing scandalthe agency's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. he took over the dow last month and has agreed to serve through september. werfel is expected at a hearing by the house appropriations subcommittee on financial services. is and the rate be released report by the ira has spent about $50 billion to hold conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012. that includes a video showing employees learning advance, this is 16 minutes on gilligan's island theme video and looks like a pricey star tracks both. the report on officials and $4 million for an august 2010 conference in anaheim where irs workers receive benefits, including states in presidential suites. in addition, 15 outside speakers were paid $135,000 in fee with one paid 17,000 to talk about leadership through art. >> the liberal democrat wrote some of the nation's most sweeping health was. he was also a sponsor of banning smoking on domestic airline flights. in february of 2012 he was diagnosed with with all

and stephen miller and i don't know if they will name, names. >> and darril issa released introduce done on a bipartisan basis by his committee's investigators with the irs employees caught up in this scandal. that is important. the other side suggest it is a partisan witch hunt and yet they are bipartisan introduce. the marching orders came straight from the nation's capitol. chris, welcome. as i say, we have had people on the she. we had a cincinnati reporter and anchor that did great work talking about how this was linked to washington and they talked to actual irs employees in cincinnati that said that. this is the first we have seen it go up to the congressional investigation level. now you have the issa committee releasing the transcripts. they talked to two employees, one current and one recently departed from that office who placed the blame squarely on washington. where does that get us? it gets to the boomerang. and those rogue agents and people were ignorant of the law or acting in bad faith. in the agency of 100,000 people and field of bureaucrats, how can we know? those folk

president obama appointed him to replace stephen miller who stepped down last month a mid a brewing scandal over the agency's targeting of conservative groups. he took over the job last month and has agreed to serve through september. he is expected at a hearing by the house appropriations subcommittee on financial services. >> a solid to be released report fine set the irs paid about $50 million to hold conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012. that includes videos showing employees learning a dance. a 16 minute gilligan's island theme video and what looks like a pricy star tracks both. the report found officials spending $4 million for august 2010 conference in anaheim. irs workers receive benefits, including states in presidential suites. in addition, 15 outside speakers were paid $135,000 in fees, with one paid $17,000 to talk about leadership through art. >> a judge is expected to decide today is an army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 ford will shooting rampage will represent himself at his upcoming murder trial. the judge will hear a doctor's report about major nidal hasans p

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. >> molly: you may remember stephen miller was allowed to retire early after the scandal started breaking. legal experts say it's tough to get fired in a government job for a reason. >> that would be a different incentive to divert their careers to government and make it unstable and unpredictable. there is some value to having protections in place so you can't have wholesale, mass firing of hundreds of thousands of government employees all at once. there is clearly a balance you have to strike here. >> molly: the goal is to make sure that the hundreds of thousands people don't lose their jobs each time a new political party comes into power in washington. >> gregg: molly henneberg, thanks. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. it does not, not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect, but not wittingly. >> jamie: the director of the national intelligence denying under oath the existence of a domestic spying program. that was just last month. mr. clapper has reversed those comments in

six weeks later i got a response from stephen miller in which he said to move along, nothing to see here. well, we know that was not the case. we now know the irs was actually engaged in the targeted applications of conservatives and others who were criticizing how the government was being run. you get audited for criticizing the government is being run? overwhelm him with questions and paperwork and in some case initiate audits. in one case in irs agent demanded that the board members of the iowa pro-life group signed a declaration that they would not pick it planned parenthood. and irs agent allegedly demanded that the board members of an iowa pro-life group signed a declaration that they would not picket planned parenthood. several pro-israel groups said they were single out by the irs after clashing with the administer shoot over its policy on settlements. then there is the story of catherine ingle brett. she said after applying for tax exempt status for a voter integrity group, she and her husband were visited by the fbi, the atf, osha, and an affiliate of the epa. when all is said

six weeks later i got a response from stephen miller in which he said to move along, nothing to see here. well, we know that was not the case. we now know the irs was actually engaged in the targeted applications of conservatives and others who were criticizing how the government was being run. you get audited for criticizing the government is being run? overwhelm him with questions and paperwork and in some case initiate audits. in one case in irs agent demanded that the board members of the iowa pro-life group signed a declaration that they would not pick it planned parenthood. and irs agent allegedly demanded that the board members of an iowa pro-life group signed a declaration that they would not picket planned parenthood. several pro-israel groups said they were single out by the irs after clashing with the administer shoot over its policy on settlements. then there is the story of catherine ingle brett. she said after applying for tax exempt status for a voter integrity group, she and her husband were visited by the fbi, the atf, osha, and an affiliate of the epa. when all is said

six weeks later i got a response from stephen miller in which he said to move along, nothing to see here. we know that was not the case. we now know the irs was actually engaged in the targeted applications of conservatives and others who were criticizing how the government was being run. for criticizing the government is being run? overwhelm him with questions and paperwork and in some case initiate audits. in one case in irs agent demanded that the board members of the iowa pro-life group signed a declaration that they would not pick it planned parenthood. and irs agent allegedly demanded that the board members of an iowa pro-life group signed a declaration that they would not picket planned parenthood. several pro-israel groups said they were single out by the irs after clashing with the administer shoot over its policy on settlements. then there is the story of catherine ingle brett. she said after applying for tax exempt status for a voter integrity group, she and her husband were visited by the fbi, the atf, osha, and an affiliate of the epa. when all is said and done, osha told th

before joining opm, esther miller served along and asked -- distinguished career in the united states air force. we will be looking for pilots and montana. then we have stephen lewis, deputy director for personal, industrial, and physical security policy in the office of the undersecretary of defense for intelligence. welcome. that office exercises policy and planning and strategic oversight over intelligence, counterintelligence, and security matters including the security clearance process. the director of the defense security service at the defense department also joins him. welcome to the hearing today. thank you for your service. then we have the director of defense capabilities and management of the government accountability office. in that capacity, she is responsible for overseeing military and dod personnel issues including governmentwide security clearance issues. she has worked on a number of national security issues since she began her career at the gao in 1981. welcome, brenda. -- thankeing here today. you all for being here today. it is a custom to swear in witnesses before us. i would ask you all to stand, including mr. sims and ms. schmitz. r

miller has served a long and distinguished career. please come to montana, we are going to be looking for you. then we have stephen lewis was part of the physical security policy and the office of the undersecretary of defense process. that office is part of the strategic oversight over the defense department and counterintelligence including the security clearance process. today, mr. lewis is accompanied by stanley sims, director of the defense security service at the defense department. welcome to you both. welcome both to the hearing today. thank you for the service. last but not least, we have brenda farrell, who is part of the government accountability office and in that capacity she is responsible for the military and dod civilian personnel issues, including governmentwide personal security clearance issues. she has worked on a number of national security issues since she started her career at yale in 1981. thank you all for being here today. it is accustomed to swear in the witnesses who appear before us. i would ask you all to stand, including mr. sims and please repeat after me. do you swear that the test

estherjoining opm, miller served along and asked -- distinguished career in the united states air force. we will be looking for pilots and montana. then we have stephen lewis, deputy director for personal, industrial, and physical security policy in the office of the undersecretary of defense for intelligence. welcome. that office exercises policy and planning and strategic oversight over intelligence, counterintelligence, and security matters including the security clearance process. of the defense security service at the defense department also joins him. the hearing today. thank you for your service. then we have the director of andnse capabilities management of the government accountability office. in that capacity, she is responsible for overseeing military and dod personnel issues including governmentwide security clearance issues. she has worked on a number of national security issues since she began her career at the gao in 1981. welcome, brenda. iq for being here today. . it is a custom to swear in witnesses before us. i would ask you all to stand, including mr. sims and ms. schmitz. repeat after me. you swear that the testimony will give be