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They speculated that pressure has levied on the Pentagon by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, competitors with Israel Aircraft Industries in foreign sales of intelligence aircraft.
The Times story has this juicy detail indicating that there were some worries inside the campaign about the scheme's propriety: During the campaign, senior Clinton aide Harold Ickes pressed for an indemnification clause in the media consultants' contract that would have forced the consultants to pay any fines levied if the plan was found to be illegal.
In 1638 Mr. Joachim wrote the States General, “that a certain judge had distinctly advised that, under present circumstances, the ship money may not be levied off the inhabitants of England, without consent of Parliament.”
The action came, say USAT and the LAT , after three Japanese cargo ship companies refused to pay $4 million in fines levied because of their costly and unfair treatment of U.S. ships in Japanese ports.
--Taxes (including customs duties) are levied through the exercise of the power of the Government to compel payment.