IRS Chief: Using a Planted Question to Reveal IRS Scandal Was "Incredibly Bad Idea"

No shit Sherlock

The outgoing IRS commissioner expressed regret Tuesday for a decision to use a planted question to go public with the agency's practice of targeting conservative groups, calling the move "an incredibly bad idea." 

Steven Miller, appearing on the Hill for a second hearing in two weeks on the scandal, acknowledged that the agency was trying to get ahead of a damning investigative report at the time. As was confirmed over the weekend, he admitted the agency had a question planted at a conference two Fridays ago—a senior IRS official, in response to the question, then confessed to a long-running program that singled out conservative groups for additional scrutiny.