Am I reading this article correctly, that the IRS didn't sieze medical records but rather a collection of records that included a small number of financial records they needed and then a large number of medical records they didn't care about?
As I read it, they were looking for one guy's financial records, ended up taking millions of health records -- even after repeated warnings they were screwing up.
"...According to the case, the IRS agents had a search warrant for financial data pertaining to a former employee of the John Doe company..."
What makes you think they didn't care about the medical records? Because they weren't listed in the search warrant?
I wonder who gained access to this data after it was seized?
What political party hack would not want access to "psychological counseling, gynecological counseling, sexual/drug treatment and other medical treatment data" of current or future political figures?
Right: If my tax-deductible Health Savings Account money is actually going to get me "stress-related therapy" in the form of a hand job, the IRS wants to know.
And probably more than they usually want to know about these things.
