IRS Scandal: Misfired 2010 Cincinnati Email Alerted Washington Officials To Tea Party Targeting 

By Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West

WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - A misfired email from a U.S. Internal Revenue Service employee in Cincinnati alerted a number of Washington IRS officials that extra scrutiny was being place on conservative groups in July 2010, a year earlier than previously acknowledged, according to interviews with IRS workers by congressional investigators.

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