A Most Curious Whopper

Ed Rogers writes for The Washington Post about when the President found out about the IRS targeting of conservative organizations seeking non-profit status. This is prime stuff, you'll want to read it. Here are some samples from Rogers' article:

My personal favorite of all the new revelations from the Obama IRS scandal is that White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler told White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough about the impending IRS inspector general report, but of course the White House chief of staff did not tell the president.

I sat in a White House chief of staff’s office every day for more than two years. The only reason the legal counsel would tell the chief of staff about an impending report or disclosure would be so the chief of staff could tell the president.

In my experience, a legal counsel never would believe that there was information that was appropriate for the chief of staff to know but that was inappropriate for the president to know. Out of all the news that has emerged regarding the Obama IRS scandal, this is the most curious whopper I’ve heard so far. I can’t wait to hear the real story.

Do you suppose President Obama had previously ordered, "Never tell me about any unlawful acts in the executive branch; I must preserve deniability?" Or that Chief of Staff McDonough deemed the information of little importance? Surely not.