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Ninth Circuit Speaks on FOIA, but Ducks Fugitive Disentitlement
Posted on 17 Mar 2012 by Jack Townsend

A common parry in a tax criminal investigation or prosecution is to file a FOIA request with the IRS. The IRS / DOJ thrust is to resist. I provide at the end of this blog a general discussion of FOIA and the theories of resistance. In Shannahan v... Read More

Tags: fugitives , tax investigations , Freedom of Information Act , criminal tax investigations , freedom of information request , FOIA , criminal prosecution , Ninth Circuit , Federal Taxation

Ninth Circuit Speaks on FOIA, but Ducks Fugitive Disentitlement
Posted on 17 Mar 2012 by Jack Townsend

A common parry in a tax criminal investigation or prosecution is to file a FOIA request with the IRS. The IRS / DOJ thrust is to resist. I provide at the end of this blog a general discussion of FOIA and the theories of resistance. In Shannahan... Read More

Tags: fugitives , tax investigations , Freedom of Information Act , criminal tax investigations , freedom of information request , Jack Townsend , FOIA , criminal prosecution , Ninth Circuit , Shannahan v. United States , Federal Taxation