"An IRS campaign to apply additional scrutiny to conservative groups went beyond targeting 'Tea Party' and 'patriot' groups..."

"... to include those focused on government spending, the Constitution and several other broad areas."

The internal IG timeline shows a unit in the agency was looking at Tea Party and "patriot" groups dating back to early 2010. But it shows that list of criteria drastically expanding by the time a June 2011 briefing was held. It then included groups focused on government spending, government debt, taxes, and education on ways to "make America a better place to live." It even flagged groups whose file included criticism of "how the country is being run."

Broader would be better if it meant that liberal and lefty groups were included, but I'm not seeing that. 

UPDATE: Obama, this morning: "If in fact IRS personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then that's outrageous and there's no place for it -- and they have to be held fully accountable."