HOTAIR.COM 4 Hours Ago Great news: US has misplaced two former Witness Protection Program participants "known or suspected as terrorists" by  Ed Morrissey posted at 1:21 pm on May 16, 2013 by Ed Morrissey The good news for the White House?  Thanks to the current scandals, this may not even get noticed.   Jake Tapper has the scoop  from yet another IG bombshell: The U.S. Marshal Service has been "unable to locate" two former participants in the federal Witness Security Program "identified as known or suspected terrorists," states the public summary of an interim Justice Department Inspector General's report obtained by CNN. The Marshals have concluded that "one individual was and the other individual was believed to be residing outside of the United States." The news comes from an audit of the Witness Security Program by the IG's office , which states that "the Department did not definitively know how many known or suspected terroris...

 REDSTATE 4 Hours Ago IRS targeted the Leadership Institute by  Mike Krempasky By: Mike Krempasky  ( Diary )  | May 16th, 2013 at 01:18 PM |  "The IRS' indefensible behavior is worse than we first thought, as it targeted both new and existing conservative groups in politically motivated attacks" RESIZE: AAA I worked at the Leadership Institute in Arlington for a little more than four years; it was my first job out of college and one of the most important times of my career. I learned a tremendous amount about the conservative movement, the nature of coalitions, and how political technology was philosophically neutral. I also learned about character and left with a hero: Morton Blackwell. Today, I'm proud to be a Leadership Institute donor, and readily recommend LI to every young conservative I meet. All that is to say,  the news that the IRS targeted LI is absolutely outrageous . On June 1, 2011, LI received notice of an audit of its tax return and activiti...

 NATIONAL REVIEW 4 Hours Ago Obama: No Special Counsel Needed on IRS by  Eliana Johnson A special counsel is not necessary to investigate the IRS's targeting of conservative groups, President Obama said this afternoon. His announcement comes despite calls from a number of conservative lawmkers urging the Justice Department to assign a special counsel to lead an investigation into the matter.  "I think that it's gonna be sufficient for us to be working with Congress, they've got a whole bunch of committees, we've got IGs already there, the IG has done an audit, it's now my understanding they're going to be recommending an investigation," the president explained. "Between those investigations I think we're going to be able to figure out exactly what happened, who was involved, what went wrong, and we're going to be able to implement steps to fix it."  "I can assure you that I certainly did not know anything about the IG report befo...