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thomaswong.1986 says

leoj707 says

Yeah, I suspect hoax as well.

I doubt they would send copies to the local Democrat office, and then demand a ransom on threat of wide release.

You mean create fake and exaggerated "hacked" return

to force Romney to release his actual returns.

More plausible i think...

Maybe...

Romney's 2010 returns were 55 pages long, and very complicated. I think that it would be very difficult to convincingly create years of fake returns.

All his efforts would go to discounting the leaked fakes. I don't think there is any way they would pressure him into releasing his actual returns.

Romney would probably rather get on national television and admit that he whole heartily believes in Mormon scripture, and yes even the parts that call all non-Mormon religions corrupt abominations (yes, Romney chose a running mate who follows an abomination religion with corrupt leaders) than release any more tax returns.

The behind the scenes stuff going on right now is pretty interesting. Look at the person doing some pretty quick investigative work(top thread) on the ransom demands and counter demands.

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ze9zn/hackers_say_they_nabbed_romneys_tax_records_plan/

I think this may explode into a huge hoax.

thomaswong.1986 says

You mean create fake and exaggerated "hacked" return
to force Romney to release his actual returns.

What if someone created a fake that made Romney look good, and then possibly the president and or others in the government can't say that they know they are fake (because they aren't supposed to use their power toward such ends as checking out individuals returns).

I guess someone with the IRS could come out with a statement "we can not tell you anything about Romneys confidential tax info, but we can tell you that those suppose returns are indeed fake."