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Re:Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found ... by marcellus23 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @03:49PM (#28869080)
A closer analogy would be that you keep the name as your name, but change the # of the document you're requesting. It's the IRS's job to ensure you're allowed to retrieve that doc.
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Re:Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found ... by kelnos on Thursday October 14, 2021 @04:33PM (#28869670)
Sure, but I guarantee you that if the IRS screwed up and gave you the other doc, and you made use of that information (rather than immediately turning around and saying "um, IRS, I think you made a mistake; this doc doesn't belong to me"), you'd be in trouble as well.
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Re:Governor vows criminal prosecution of reporter who found ... by marcellus23 on Thursday October 14, 2021 @05:58PM (#28870734)
Haha that's fair.
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