Yet another way to silence your opposition...

The New York Times reported that "roughly a dozen nonprofit organizations have publicly contended that government agencies and Congressional offices have used reviews, audits, investigations, law enforcement actions and the threat of a loss of federal money to discourage them from activities and advocacy that in any way challenge government policies, and nonprofit leaders say more are complaining quietly."

The N.A.A.C.P. prefers risking its tax exemption rather than hand over documents for an I.R.S. review that the civil rights group contends is politically motivated.

Other groups who have complained about this type of abuse of power include Advocates for Youth (educate young people about safe sex, in direct opposition to the Bush administration's programs that advocate abstinence as the only way to prevent pregnancy and sexual transmission of diseases), Global Health Council (who's main focus last year was preventing the transmission of H.I.V. among youth), and the Environment and Public Works Committee (who criticized the Clear Skies Act for being too lenient on power plant emissions).