Solyndra Questions for Obama - Andrew Stiles - National Review Online

The most notable piece of evidence unveiled last week was a memo authored by the DOE legal counsel defending the controversial decision to prioritize private inventors ahead of taxpayers with respect to the first $75 million recovered in Solyndra’s liquidation. But while it sheds some light on DOE’s dubious rationale in this case, the revelation appears to raise more questions than it answers.

Solyndra and the IRS - Lou Dolinar - National Review Online

In November of 2009, in the midst of Solyndra’s downward financial spiral, the Internal Revenue Service issued a ruling that granted special tax favors to the firm and its customers.

The “private letter” ruling involving Solyndra, though widely discussed among tax lawyers, commented upon within the solar-power community, and even flaunted by Solyndra itself, has received little attention in the mainstream media. A former IRS official told National Review that the ruling raises a red flag about political interference in the tax system.