cover image A Law Unto Itself

A Law Unto Itself

David Burnham. Vintage Books USA, $12.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-679-73283-9

An award-winning investigative reporter offers an inside look at the country's most powerful government agency. Burnham describes the IRS's internal processes, its methods of gathering data on taxpayers, improper uses of such information and abuses of power, such as its meddling in politics through targeting of activist groups. (Feb.)