Thu Sep 6, 2012, 02:28 AM

cbrer (1,831 posts)

Feds probe alleged hacking theft of Romney's tax returns Duplicate trailmonkee beat me to it!

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Source: CNET.COM

The claim was made in a post on the Pastebin site on Sunday that alleged that Romney's federal tax returns were taken from the offices of PriceWaterhouse Coopers in Frankin, Tenn., on August 25 by someone who snuck into the building and made copies of the document.

Pricewaterhouse Coopers released a statement saying it had not found evidence of a system breach.

Romney's campaign headquarters in Fairfax, Va., did not respond to a CNET request for comment.

Meanwhile, the offices of the Democratic and Republican parties in Williamson County where the PWC office is located received packages late last week with thumb drives, but it is unknown what was on the storage devices.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/-feds-probe-alleged-hacking-theft-of-romney-s-tax-returns.html

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Feds probe alleged hacking theft of Romney's tax returns Duplicate trailmonkee beat me to it! (Original post)	cbrer	Sep 2012	OP
An old Rove trick. Steal from yourself and mail it to the opposition.	McCamy Taylor	Sep 2012	#1
No.	The Doctor.	Sep 2012	#8
So PriceWaterhouse Coopers helps him move money to overseas accounts to avoid	jtuck004	Sep 2012	#2
Two words -	DURHAM D	Sep 2012	#3
Bush vs. Gore, the 'Arkansas Project,' the USA firings, and the Swiftboat Admiral	Coyotl	Sep 2012	#5
Was this not reported as being done to blackmail? I don't see the political connection.	SleeplessinSoCal	Sep 2012	#4
Blackmailers don't usually advertise "I'm doing blackmail" in the media and expect it to work!	Coyotl	Sep 2012	#6
I thought the Govt(NSA) had a backdoor encryption key to every program sold	Blackhatjack	Sep 2012	#7
Locking...duplicate	cyberswede	Sep 2012	#9

Response to cbrer (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 02:47 AM

McCamy Taylor (13,718 posts)

1. An old Rove trick. Steal from yourself and mail it to the opposition.

I hope they nail him on it this time.

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Response to McCamy Taylor (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 09:30 AM

The Doctor. (17,266 posts)

8. No.

'Pretend to steal something from yourself, mail forgeries to the opposition."

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Thu Sep 6, 2012, 02:56 AM

jtuck004 (5,242 posts)

2. So PriceWaterhouse Coopers helps him move money to overseas accounts to avoid

American taxes? A company with a reputation for selling tax avoidance to the very wealthy like it was soap. If it wasn't for such services Mi$$ could just use Returns-R-Us and pay his bill like so many others. Then again, the IRS Volunteer Prep program will do most people's returns at no charge, and their service is excellent. (that's a hint for next year, y'all).

Anyway, I knew I was just assuming a nefarious motive on the part of PWC, so I googled "pricewaterhouse cooper tax avoidance"

...Tax avoidance: HMRC could gain billions as court rules against ...
www.telegraph.co.uk › ... › Consumer Tips › TaxShareJul 18, 2012 – Close up of HM Revenue and Customs UK tax return - Tax avoidance: HMRC could. PwC's scheme was 'an artificial, circular, self-cancelling ...
PWC » Tax Research UK
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/category/pwc/Aug 6, 2012 – Yet again we see PWC marketing tax abuse. Second, we badly need a general anti-avoidance principle to stop this abuse. And unfortunately ...
Barclays' auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers raised concerns over ...
www.telegraph.co.uk › ... › TaxFeb 28, 2012
Barclays' auditor raised concerns over two tax avoidance schemes ... PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC ...
More videos for pricewaterhousecoopers tax avoidance »
Court rejects appeal over tax avoidance scheme - IFAonline
www.ifaonline.co.uk › Investment › Tax PlanningJul 17, 2012 – PwC offices at More London Riverside ... regarding a tax avoidance scheme recommended by PricewaterhouseCoopers in the early noughties.
Court blows PwC-marketed tax scheme out of the water - 17 Jul ...
www.accountancyage.com/.../court-blows-pwcmarketed-tax-sc...Jul 17, 2012 – Scheme designed to artificially create losses to avoid CGT, says Court of Appeal , Personal tax, PwC ,Tax Avoidance,HMRC.
PwC Designed Tax Avoidance Program Deemed Illegal - Big4.com
www.big4.com/pricewaterhousecoopers/pwc-designed-tax-avo...Jul 19, 2012 – A British court has concluded that a PwC-devised tax avoidance plan can no longer be followed within the law. The tax avoidance mechanism ...
PWC tax avoidance scheme fails on appeal

It goes on...

If they turned off their lights tomorrow, it seems like it would be a net gain for all of us.

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Response to cbrer (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 03:00 AM

DURHAM D (18,620 posts)

3. Two words -

Karl Rove. Did Lucianne Goldberg retire her dirty tricks business?

OTOH - I recall an episode of The West Wing involving a tape recording passed to Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) when Bartlett was running for re-election. It was a setup by the opposition.

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Response to DURHAM D (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 09:11 AM

Coyotl (5,403 posts)

5. Bush vs. Gore, the 'Arkansas Project,' the USA firings, and the Swiftboat Admiral

Karl Rove, one of many doing the dirty deeds in Republican politics. Here is the lineup of stars:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1029113

But, for this one, Roger Stone gets the golden globe award for international intrigue

Swiftboating Al Gore from Argentina, SIDE, Israeli wire transfers, spy files, forgery, Bush & Menem
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1029113#1084303

Worry about the trickster we don't know about, the guys in the shadows no one has ever seen, those on the dark side.

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Thu Sep 6, 2012, 04:07 AM

SleeplessinSoCal (1,716 posts)

4. Was this not reported as being done to blackmail? I don't see the political connection.

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Response to SleeplessinSoCal (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 09:13 AM

Coyotl (5,403 posts)

6. Blackmailers don't usually advertise "I'm doing blackmail" in the media and expect it to work!

Who is doing this political trick remains an open question, but you can bet that suspicion is NOT intended to fall on Rmoney

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Thu Sep 6, 2012, 09:29 AM

Blackhatjack (11,057 posts)

7. I thought the Govt(NSA) had a backdoor encryption key to every program sold

I seem to recall that the US Govt demanded a backdoor encryption key be turned over to it in order for any encryption program to be sold in the US.

I know that encryption software experts explained to Congress how many years it would take to crack an encrypted file, and there was fear of terrorist collaboration using the technology.

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Response to cbrer (Original post)

Thu Sep 6, 2012, 11:30 AM

cyberswede (11,586 posts)

9. Locking...duplicate

Please see this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014219729

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Feds probe alleged hacking theft of Romney's tax returns *Duplicate* trailmonkee beat me to it!

1. An old Rove trick. Steal from yourself and mail it to the opposition.

8. No.

2. So PriceWaterhouse Coopers helps him move money to overseas accounts to avoid

3. Two words -

5. Bush vs. Gore, the 'Arkansas Project,' the USA firings, and the Swiftboat Admiral

4. Was this not reported as being done to blackmail? I don't see the political connection.

6. Blackmailers don't usually advertise "I'm doing blackmail" in the media and expect it to work!

7. I thought the Govt(NSA) had a backdoor encryption key to every program sold

9. Locking...duplicate

Feds probe alleged hacking theft of Romney's tax returns Duplicate trailmonkee beat me to it!