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Peta 9 11 irs { March 5 2002 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://library.northernlight.com/EA20020305390000024.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0 http://library.northernlight.com/EA20020305390000024.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0 IRS Asked to Revoke PETA's Tax Status Story Filed: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 1:52 AM EST NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- A group that tracks criminal acts against businesses wants the federal government to revoke the tax-exempt status of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise said in a complaint Monday to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Charles Rossotti that ``publicly available information strongly suggests that PETA induces or encourages the commission of unlawful acts.'' ``It's been linked to the breaking of the law. Its own people have extensive arrest records,'' said Ron Arnold, executive vice president of the Bellevue, Wash.-based center. ``Any kind of law-breaking to us does not deserve tax-exempt status.'' Norfolk-based PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said the center is preying on people's fears of terrorism since the Sept. 11 attacks ``and trying to paint with a very broad brush all agitators for social change, no matter how peaceful.'' An IRS spokesman in Washington said he could not confirm receipt of the complaint and that any action, such as an audit, that could occur as the result of a complaint is not public record.

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