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The article describes how efforts to leverage taxpayer data for law enforcement and immigration purposes during the Trump administration led to illegal sharing of sensitive IRS information with the Department of Homeland Security. It highlights internal resistance from IRS officials, particularly Kathleen Walters, and details how some officials bypassed legal safeguards to access and transfer data on millions of undocumented immigrants and taxpayers. The piece also explores the influence of Elon Musk's Doge initiative within government agencies, emphasizing the culture of risk, disruption, and the disregard for legal and ethical boundaries that facilitated these data breaches.
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