Carl Levin

Senate Investigates Google Tax Avoidance, Exposes 2.4% Foreign Tax Rate

| Importance: 9/10

On May 21, 2013, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings examining multinational corporation tax avoidance, with Google as a primary focus. The investigation exposed that Google paid only a 2.4% tax rate on foreign profits—avoiding approximately $2 billion annually in taxes …

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OSP Systematically Bypasses CIA Vetting to Feed Fabricated Intelligence to WHIG

| Importance: 9/10

Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans under Douglas Feith institutionalizes the systematic bypassing of CIA intelligence vetting processes to provide fabricated intelligence directly to the White House Iraq Group for propaganda dissemination. The Pentagon Inspector General documented that OSP …

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WHIG Launches Targeted Deception Campaigns Against Congressional War Skeptics

| Importance: 8/10

The White House Iraq Group implements targeted deception campaigns against key congressional skeptics of the Iraq invasion, using customized intelligence presentations and political pressure to neutralize legislative opposition. WHIG identifies influential war skeptics including Senators Robert …

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