Did EPA Train IRS in Targeting?

The Competitive Enterprise Institute documents political bias by the EPA in approval/denial of Freedom of Information Act requests. Green groups had their FOIA requests approved 92% of the time. The Alaska-active Center for Biological Diversity (headquartered in Phoenix, AZ) had a perfect four out of four requests approved. On the other hand, conservative groups such as CEI and the American Tradition Institute had their FOIA requests denied 93% of the time. We probably shouldn’t expect anything different since EPA employees are predominantly of the green persuasion (read more…)