IRS SUED FOR SEIZING 60 MILLION MEDICAL RECORDS

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IRS SUED FOR SEIZING 60 MILLION MEDICAL RECORDS

Our thanks goes out to Susan James, our North Carolina Director for the International Coalition for Drug Awareness, for bringing us this breaking news out of the Washington Times today. And undisclosed health provider has filed suit for the seizure of these records. I quote from the article:

“Despite knowing that these medical records were not within the scope of the warrant, defendants threatened to ‘rip’ the servers containing the medical data out of the building if IT personnel would not voluntarily hand them over,” the complaint states, UPI reported.

“The suit also says IRS agents seized workers’ phones and telephone data – more violations of the warrant, UPI reported.”

I have LONG said that I thought these records may be made available to the government so that those who have been on mind altering medications can be banned from owning guns, etc. due to their use of the drugs. Whether or not this is a part of the plan who knows, but implications are endless. This is private information that should not be made available to anyone without the individual patient’s concent.

It seems quite clear the IRS is turning into an out and out spy for the government and I do hope they are on their way to making a final exit! That is one grave I could enjoy dancing on when you consider what this private corporation we call the IRS, has done to so many of innocent citizens!!!

Ann Blake Tracy, Executive Director, International Coalition for Drug Awareness www.drugawareness.org & ssristories.drugawareness.org

Author: “Prozac: Panacea or Pandora? – Our Serotonin Nightmare – The Complete Truth of the Full Impact of Antidepressants Upon Us & Our World” & Withdrawal CD “Help! I Can’t Get Off My Antidepressant!”

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IRS sued for seizing 60 million medical records

By Cheryl K. Chumley-The Washington Times, May 17, 2013

A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans.

The name of the provider is not yet known, United Press International said. But Courthouse News Service said the suit claims the agency violated the Fourth Amendment in 2011, when agents executed a search warrant for financial data on one employee – and that led to the seizure of information on 10 million, including state judges.

The search warrant did not specify that the IRS could take medical information, UPI said. And information technology officials warned the IRS about the potential to violate medical privacy laws before agents executed the warrant, the complaint said, as reported by UPI.

“Despite knowing that these medical records were not within the scope of the warrant, defendants threatened to ‘rip’ the servers containing the medical data out of the building if IT personnel would not voluntarily hand them over,” the complaint states, UPI reported.

The suit also says IRS agents seized workers’ phones and telephone data – more violations of the warrant, UPI reported.

The complaint alleges the IRS was “invasive and unlawful” and stole access to intimate medical records that included patients’ treatment plans and therapies, UPI said.

The suit seeks $25,000 in compensatory damages, per violation. The records’ seizure could impact up to one in 25 Americans, UPI said.

 

Read more: http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/irs-sued-seizing-60-million-medical-records/#ixzz2WVSN6jYP

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