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Form 990 Information
Used to Justify Search Warrant
Court says reports of overlapping leadership and offices
justify search of charity official’s home
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed dismissal of a claim by the wife and teenage daughter of a charity official who sought damages from the federal government for what they claimed were constitutional violations in an unwarranted search for charity records in their home. The Court has held that the search was adequately justified, in part because of information revealed in Form 990 filings with the IRS. (Unus v. Kane, No. 07-2191, 5/6/09.)
In March 2002, as part of an extensive federal investigation of groups and people suspected of supporting international terrorism, a federal agent sought a search warrant for a private home in Herndon, VA. The affidavit to obtain the warrant was based in part on information supplied to the government by a private citizen who is a self-professed expert on tracking terrorist organizations.
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