Carl Levin actually said...

And if they were being used to short the market, would that be saying something about the quality of the reference to the assets?

Senator Levin questions the implications of using synthetics to short the market.

04/22/2010

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Neither one of those companies files an income tax with the United States.

There is no effort to vilify anybody. We are trying to shine a spotlight on the practices of a big company.

Has AOI filed a corporate income tax return in the last 5 years?

I do not consider deferral to be a sham or abuse in any kind of way.