BEHIND THE HUNT FOR BIN LADEN

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1 My 3, 211 CMYK Nxxx, ,,1,Bs-BK,E3 Lte Edi Tody, periods clouds sun, wrmer, high 75. Tight, showers thundersrm, mly lte, low 56. Tomorrow, showers, breezy, cooler, high 62. Detils, Pge 2. VOL. CLX.. No. 55,39 $2., TUESDY, MY 3, The New York Times BEHIND THE HUNT FOR BIN LDEN The Rid B Lden fmily hd occupied secd third floors m buildg, lst re be clered mericn ces. He ws killed ltter prt bttle. Osm b Lden, three or men womn were killed durg -mute rid Sttes Nvy Sels outskirts bbottbd, Pkistn erly Mdy. Residents burned ir own trsh here. The buildg s north side hd opque wdows. 7-foot-high privcy wll Clues Slowly Led Locti Qed Chief GTED ENTRNCE 13-FOOT WLL 18-FOOT WLL 1-FOOT WLL Or residents hd been occupyg smller buildg first floor m buildg. INTERNL GTE One helicopters crryg mericn troops broke down, stllg s flew over wll. The tem blew up clled bckup. 12-FOOT WLL 2 FEET IN PLIN SIGHT The Whe House sid Mdy B Lden hd been livg pl sight bbottbd, cy 35 miles norst Islmbd, Pkistni cpl. The ws thn mile from milry cdemy Pkistni rmy. Krkore b b ot d. R B Lden ul K k m Hwy. Pkistn Milry y cdem BILL N TOW 1 MILE e Rd. Murre 1 MILES t b d FGHNISTN bbottbd Jllbd Kbul Sources: Deprtment Defense; Centrl telligence gency; LedDog Csultg WSHINGTON President Obm drew prise from unlikely qurters Mdy pursug risky cleste missi kill Osm b Lden, successful operti terrupted wirg Republicn cricism bout eign policy, world view grsp fice. Former Vice President Dick Cheney declred, The dmistrti clerly deserves cred success operti. New York s mer myor, Rudolph W. Giuli, sid, I dmire courge president. Dld J. Trump declred, I wnt perslly s e l r Islmbd INDI P K I ST N THE ; STELLITE IMGE BY DIGITLGLOBE ND GOOGLE ERTH Gerg Up Obm 12, Republicns Puse Prise By JEFF ZELENY JIM RUTENBERG Peshwr ib B Lden hd lg been rud be hidg remote tribl res lg Pkistni-fghn border. Tr N JMMU ND KSHMIR cgrtulte President Obm. s fleetg s might prove be, posive te sod blunt ctrst nrrtive Republicns hve been workg build openg stges 212 presidentil cmpign. The rgument most potentil Republicn cidtes hve been mkg Mr. Obm is n decisive leder, cpble hlg rpidly evolvg events round world suddenly becme complicted. boost stture Mr. Obm, even if temporry, comes when number Republicns re decidg wher comm mselves presidentil rce, fered fresh evidence he might be vulnerble thn oppents thought. The development cme t good time Mr. Obm, who received worst eign policy rtg presidency New York Times/CBS News poll lst mth, wh 6 respdents syg y dispproved hlg terntil ffirs. But implictis president, who will vis World Trde Center Thursdy, were impossible predict. The nti s unemployment rte rems reltively high, ecomic recovery hs yet g trcti. High gsole prices re pchg csumer budgets erodg cfidence. Seventy mericns Times/CBS poll lst mth sid Ctued Pge F5 SPECIL SECTION The Deth B Lden EMOTIONS New York, jubilti ws mixed wh hope feelg wounds reopened. ODDITY rb world, sense B Lden ws from ge time. EMBRRSSMENT For Pkistn, flood questis suspici. EPITPH From privileged childhood, B Lden becme fce terrorism. SECTION F T rticle is Mrk Mzzetti, Helene Cooper Peter Bker. WSHINGTON For yers, gizg serch Osm b Lden kept comg up empty. Then lst July, Pkistnis workg Centrl telligence gency drove up behd whe Suzuki nvigtg bustlg streets ner Peshwr, Pkistn, wrote down cr s license plte. The mn cr ws B Lden s most trusted courier, over next mth C.I.. opertives would trck him throughout centrl Pkistn. Ultimtely, dmistrti ficils sid, he led m sprwlg t end lg dirt rod surrounded tll secury fences welthy hmlet 35 miles from Pkistni cpl. On mo night eight mths lter, 79 mericn commos four helicopters descended, ficils sid. Shots rng out. helicopter stlled would tke f. Pkistni uthories, kept drk ir llies Wshgt, scrmbled ces s mericn commos rushed fish ir missi leve bee cfrtti. Of five ded, e ws tll, berded mn wh bloodied fce bullet hed. member Nvy Sels snpped picture wh cmer uploded nlysts who fed fcil recogni progrm. just like, ry s most expnsive, expensive exspertg mnhunt ws over. The ert frme Osm b Lden, meric s enemy No. 1, ws plced helicopter buril t se, never be seen or fered g. nti spent decde rmented s filure ctch mn respsible nerly 3, fiery deths New York, Wshgt Pennsylvni Sept. 11, 21, t lg lst hd s sense fly, t lest t e difficult chpter. For n telligence communy hd endured serg cricism strg telligence filures over pst decde, B Lden s killg brought mesure redempti. For milry hs slogged through two, now three vexg wrs Muslim countries, provided n unlloyed success. president whose ntil secury ledership hs come under questi, proved n ffirmg moment will enter ry books. The rid ws culmti yers pstkg telligence work, cludg terrogti C.I.. detees secret priss Estern Europe, where times wht ws sid ws s useful s wht ws. telligence gencies evesdropped telephe clls e-mils courier s rb fmily Pers Gulf stte pored over stelle imges bbottbd determe pttern life might decide wher operti would be worth risk. s thn dozen Whe House, telligence Pentg ficils described operti Mdy, pst few weeks were nerve-rckg mlgmti wht-ifs negtive Ctued Pge F3 Life s Toil lg Big River, Lost s It Rises U.S. Hs High Busess Tx Rtes, Techniclly By. G. SULZBERGER EST PRIRIE, Mo. Ruben Bennett, bck bent fgers gnrled from lifetime lbor, hs lived ll 88 yers n expnse rich frml here, just below where Ohio River pours Mississippi. He survived shre floods cludg record-settg e swept wy boyhood home he hs never run from e, until now. For dys he returned repetedly, despe mry evcuti, wh hope ridg out nor mjor flood lgtime home bove shuttered grocery sre. But under threts from lw encement ficils, cjolg fmily, he flly greed retret. s explosives re open protective levee Mdy night, he wed news home hs been destroyed. I cn t tell you how I feel, becuse re no feelg, he sid hours erlier, stg dughter s house ner, sfe from possible floodg where he hs been sleepg couch. I hte so bd. The Mississippi River, lredy t record levels here, keeps risg, fed punishg rs. s flood protecti systems sfegurd count communies By DVID KOCIENIEWSKI JENNIFER SILVERBERG Ruben Bennett, 88. gr under pressure, federl ficils executed fiercely debted pln destroy prt levee holdg bck river Ctued Pge 12 The Sttes my so wd up wh distcti mkes busess leders crge highest corporte tx rte world. Toppg out t 35 meric s ficil corporte come tx rte trils ly Jpn, t 39.5 which hs sid plns lower s rte. It is nerly triple Irel s 1 ge pots higher thn Denmrk, ustri or Ch. To help compnies here sty competive, mny executives sy, Cgress should lower. But tkg dvntge BUT NOBODY PYS THT Welth Exceptis myrid breks or countries generlly do fer, Sttes corportis py ly slightly verge thn ir counterprts or dustril countries. mericn corportis use ggressive strtegies py ten fr thn ir competirs brod t home. ccountbily Office relesed Sttes compnies pid no federl come txes durg t lest e 6% TOTL U.S. CORPORTE TXES S SHRE OF G.D.P Source: O.M.B. 9 1 THE yer seven-yer period The prdox Sttes tx code high rtes wh bounty subsidies, specil breks hs mde mericn multtils world leders tx voidnce, ccordg Edwrd D. Klebrd, Ctued Pge B9 NTIONL 9-1 INTERNTIONL -8 BUSINESS DY B SCIENCE D1-8 Stckg udience Pressg Hms St Fewer U.S. Homes Hve TVs Miler s Life, Reflected Fire-Wlkg Fmily t wn-hll-style meetgs lwmkers held durg recent two-week Cgressil recess, who filled sets sprng out m wh questis ws left chnce. Grss-roots ctivists from ech prty mneuvered mke sure ir side ws herd. Sun Lkes, riz., friendly udience members hd questis Representtive Jeff Flke. Reltis between Hms Syr uthories hve been stred, s Plest group hs refused tke sides uprisg re. For first time nerly 2 yers, number homes Sttes wh televisi sets hs dropped, c B1 cordg Nielsen survey. Syri Steps Up rrests Mth s Debt Lim Reprieve Syr secury ces hve esclted n rrest cmpign most rebellious regis, detg hundreds. n crese tx receipts hs given Cgress nor mth csider B1 risg federl debt lim. ruls volvg wlks cross hot cols, udience members hert rtes quicken wh those dredevils ly if y re relted. Persudg wer hert mirs s prt wht drws communl ruls ws esy, ws probbly esier thn wlk. D1 RTS C1-8 SPORTSTUESDY B11-15 View Obm s Mor Br Dmge N.F.L. Plyer Sgulr Womn, Jnny Scott recounts journey legcy Brck Obm s mor, nn Dunhm. C1 Dve Duers, who commted suicide, hd sme trum-duced disese B11 or plyers. Over yers, Normn Miler filled Brooklyn Heights prtment wh memens reflected vried ptchwork life. Now he wife, Norris Church, hve died, ne children hve listed un sle $2.5 milli. y my csider sellg ctents, cludg t y Ferris wheel EDITORIL, OP-ED Dvid Brooks 23 U(D5G1D)y+=!;!$!=!#

2 ØØN THE BUSINESS TUESDY, MY 3, 211 B9 By MRJORIE CONNELLY While most mericns sy corportis do py ir fir shre txes, y still prefer cuts government spendg cresg txes corportis s mens cuttg federl budget defic, ccordg recent New York Times/CBS News poll. But when given choice between risg txes corportis risg txes households mke thn $25, yer, lmost two-thirds respdents opt txg busesses. There is strg prtisn divide: mjory Republicns dependents fvor cuttg government spendg over risg txes busesses, while Democrts re evenly divided. Democrts strgly support cresg corporte txes rr thn ddg txes ffluent households; Republicns dependents re closely divided. generl, however, few mericns bck cresg txes mericn busesses: ly 37 sid corporte txes ERIC MILLER/REUTERS should be cresed help reduce federl budget defic. Heywell terntil Mnesot. lst five yers, compny sid, bout 22 s pr went come txes. The rest gree wh n lterntive rgument cresed txes would discourge mericn U.S. Busess Hs High Tx Rtes Pys Less compnies from cretg jobs hurt m globl mrketplce. Thirty-two From Pge 1 would rr see corporte txes pressor t Universy Sourn Clini who ws hed Cgressil jot commtee txes. T hs pround implictis busesses, ecomy federl budget. s Cgress wrestles wh how get defic under ctrol, e big pot ctenti is wher spendg cuts will need be ccompnied n crese txes dividuls or busesses. Fcg fullcourt press from busess leders who sy tx system is outdted erous, President Obm, Cgress busess leders hve been wrily negotg vrious proposls, though mostly bout wher cut p corporte rte tighten tx lws bout wher crese revenue. The Sttes is virtully le tryg tx s multtil corportis ir eign erngs, llows compnies void those txes defely keepg prs overses. Tht encourges compnies use ccountg mneuvers shift prs low-tx countries vest prs fshore, sys Dvid S. Miller, prtner t Cdwlder, Wickershm & Tft New York. Heywell terntil, New Jersey compny mkes thgs s diverse s erospce compents First lert smoke detecrs, reported regulry filgs lst five yers, pid csh come txes Sttes brod equl 15 s prs. On Fridy, Heywell spokeswomn poted out compny hd sce mde lrge pensi ctrii, which effectively cut s prs mde s tx rte closer 22. mjor domestic competir, Technologies, reported n verge 2 over time. Germn rivl, Siemens, reported 29 s tl pr. ddi beg complex uneven, Sttes corporte tx code is efficient hs become dimishg source revenue. Corporte txes ccounted bout 9 ll federl revenue 21. t $191 billi, y were equl 1.3 nti s gross domestic product. Most dustril countries collect from compnies, bout 2.5 output. Only porti dispry cn be expled mny types busesses Sttes elect be txed t n dividul rte. Wher test is firness or efficiency, U.S. system gets relly low mrks, sid Michelle Hnl, n M.I.T. pressor who sys country needs completely revmp wy txes corportis. Not ll mericn compnies re willg or ble reduce ir txes drsticlly. Txes vry dustry here thn brod, ccordg relesed Februry Kev S. Mrkle Drtmouth Dougls. Shckeld Universy North Crol. t high end, mericn retilers pid 31 tl come txes, cstructi 3 mnufcturers 26. Fncil services compnies pid n verge 2 rel estte 19 But Nobody Pys Tht rticles t series re exmg efts busesses lower ir txes, debte over how improve tx system. nytimes.com/busessdy Should txes corporte prs be cresed Decresed DOUG MILLS/THE Edwrd D. Klebrd, third from left, mer hed Cgressil jot commtee txes, sid mericn multtil corportis hd become world leders tx voidnce. Do corportis use svgs from tx cuts Lighter Burden dvoctes cuttg corporte tx rte Sttes usully ce sttury lim, verge effective tx rte is much lower. s shre gross domestic product, compnies py Sttes thn elsewhere. 3.5% FEDERL CORPORTE TXES S SHRE OF G.D.P. Members Orgnizti 3. Ecomic Cooperti 2.5 Development Sttes Jpn Sttes Frnce Belgium Germny Sp Br Sweden Greece Irel O.E.C.D. EFFECTIVE RTE, 28* STTUTORY RTE, % 39.5% The effective rte is bsed dt from 1, lrge corportis worldwide. The rte is clculted s tl come txes divided pretx come. The figures exclude compnies wh pretx losses oil gs compnies, which re ten subject typicl surchrges. * Ltest vilble dt. Figures 29 would lso be typicl becuse worldwide ecomic crisis. cludes ntil, stte locl rtes. Countries hve significnt stte locl rtes clude Sttes, Jpn Germny. Weighted verge, excludg Sttes. Source: Orgnizti Ecomic Cooperti Development; PricewterhouseCoopers THE mg 6. (Mesurg txes pid compnies is imprecise becuse tx filgs rem privte. mny cses, estimtes reported compny s fncil filgs wh regulrs overstte txes pid yer becuse y clude deferred txes. Ne, cdemics, ecomists elected ficils use estimtes comprtive purposes.) Becuse compnies re so effective t mimizg txes, verge works out fr thn ficil rte. Sttes compnies py bout qurter ir prs federl come txes, few ge pots higher thn rte pid compnies most or mjor dustril countries, ccordg number studies tx experts. ssorted proposls beg discussed Wshgt cll rte be lowered ficilly bout 25 tx breks be elimted so revenue rems unchnged. But proment busess leders, cludg chief executive Procter & Gmble, re pushg rte be reduced whout reg tx. Tht would mke Sttes virtully ly country chnge corporte txes recent yers wy ended up ddg s defic. One fct we know is ll countries hve lowered ir corporte rtes recent yers, y still collected sme mount revenues or, sid Reuven S. vi-yh, mericns Fvor Budget Cuts Over Risg Corporte Tx rem s y re now 26 sid txes corporte ctried re- Mr Stefn portg. prs should be decresed. If you crese txes, you lim bily produce compete, especilly globl mrket, Lrry Willims, 7, Hoover, l., sid follow-up terview. If we crese txes mnufcturers, y will turn round send work overses becuse s ly wy y cn survive, sid Mr. Willims, retired busess owner. Six 1 mericns surveyed thk compnies use ir tx svgs give buses executives dividends shreholders. bout qurter, 23 sid y thought tx svgs were mostly revested bck corporti ly sid svgs were used crete new jobs mericn workers. lmost hlf, 6 sid ll compnies should be txed t sme rte. bout third sid dustries deserved tx brek. Smll busesses, green compnies those helth cre dustry were most frequently mentied s deservg tx breks. t ecomy we should be supportg smller busess owners, who will, hopefully, eventully turn lrger busess owners, sid Scott Cochrn, 3, furnure designer who owns own busess Columbus, Ohio. The ntiwide telephe survey ws cducted Mrch 2 7 wh 1,266 dults hs mrg smplg error plus or mus three ge pots. The complete methodology questinire re vilble t NYTimes.com. The Public s ttude Towrd Corporte Txes Even though mericns thk corportis py thn ir fir shre txes, y express ltle support risg txes mericn compnies. ccordg recent New York Times/CBS News poll, public would rr cut government spendg help reduce budget defic thn tx corporte prs. Do mericn corportis py More thn ir fir shre federl Less thn come txes fir shre 11% 56 bout No right mount nswer Kept bout No sme nswer 32 5 No n terntil tx lwyer who To crete new To revest nswer teches t Universy jobs mericn s dividends bck Michign. T mens y workers buses corporti Or were brodeng bse prs corportis were ctully txed. Procter & Gmble, whose To reduce federl budget defic, should products clude Tide detergent Corporte txes No Crest othpste, pid n verge 2 s prs be rised spendg be cut nswer worldwide come txes over 32 6 lst three yers, ccordg regulry filgs. Tht is nerly sme rte reported two Bsed telephe terviews cducted Mrch 2-7 wh 1,266 dults. THE big Europen rivls, Unilever Henkel. Yet Robert. 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3 l r e s Pkistni-fghn rb world, sense s rte re-border. For n telligence communy hs slogged through two, now CMYK ng unemployment Nxxx, ,,1,Bs-BK,E3 life might decide wher THE ; STELLITE IMGE BY DIGITLGLOBE ND GOOGLE ERTH hd endured serg cricism vexgwould ively high, ecomic B Lden ws from ge time. three wrs Islmbd be operti bemuslim worth countries, risk. INDI strg telligence filures over s provided nthn unlloyed success. l yet g trcti. High s dozen Whe House, EMBRRSSMENT ForB Pkistn, flood brought pst decde, Lden skillg president whose ntil secury Lte Edideices re pchg he P csumer K I ST N telligence Pentg ficils periods clouds sun, mesure redempti. For milry questis suspici. SPECIL SECTION ledership hs come under Tody, questi, er. d erodg cfidence. Sevwrmer, high 75. Tight, showers scribed operti Mdy, hs slogged through two, now thundersrm, mly lte, proved n ffirmg moment will ORK ; IMGE BY DIGITLGLOBE ND GOOGLE ERTH ent STELLITE mericns 56. Tomorrow, showers, breezy, EPITPH privileged childhood, pst few weeks were low nerve-rckg threevexg wrslden Muslim countries, The From Deth B enter ry books. cooler, high 62. Detils, Pge 2. poll lst mth sid mlgmti wht-ifs negtive provided n unlloyed success. B Lden becme fce terrorism. The rid ws culmti yers he development cme t good time EMOTIONS president whose ntil secury $2. VOL. CLX.. No. 55,39, TUESDY, MY 3, 211 pstkg telligence work, cludntued Pge F5 SECTION F Mr. Obm, who received worst Ctued Pge F3 New York, jubitr ib s Puse Prise 211 The New York Times SPECIL SECTION ledership hs come under questi, g terrogti C.I.. detees ign policy rtg presidency lti ws proved n ffirmg moment willsecret priss Estern Europe, New York Times/CBS News poll mixed wh enter ry books. where times wht ws sid mth, wh 6 respdhope The rid ws culmti yers ws s useful s wht ws. telligence EMOTIONS syg y dispproved hn pstkg telligence work, cludfeelg gencies evesdropped telephe New York, jubig terntil 7-foot-high B Lden fmily hd occupied The buildg s The Rid ffirs. But img terrogti C.I.. detees wounds reclls e-mils courier s rb privcy wll secd third floors m north side hd lti ws tis b Lden, president, Osm three or who will Clues Slowly Led buildg, lst re be opque wdows. clered secret priss Estern Europe, opened. fmily Pers Gulf stte pored men womn were killed mericn ces. He ws killed mixed wh World Trde Center Thurswhere times wht ws sid durg -mute rid ltter prt bttle. 6% imges TOTL TXES over stelle U.S. CORPORTE Locti Sels ODDITY ws BUT hope Sttes Nvy were impossible predict. DVID KOCIENIEWSKI s By useful s wht ws. telligence NOBODY PYS THT S SHRE OF G.D.P. bbottbd determe pttern 5 outskirts bbottbd, By DVID KOCIENIEWSKI rbgencies world, sense feelg unemployment Qed Chief he nti s rte reevesdropped telephe Pkistn erly Mdy. life might decide wher wd Welth wh Exceptis Sttes my so up pnied n crese txes ds reltively high,he ecomic wounds re B Lden ws from ge time. clls e-mils courier s rb operti would be worth risk. Residents GTED Sttes my sofmily ENTRNCE 3 13-FOOT WLL burned ir very hs yet The g trcti. High T rticle is Mrk Mzzetti, Heopened. Pers Gulf stte pored distcti own mkes busessfor leders or busesses. Cooper full-court s thn Fcg dozenlenewhe House, press trsh here. EMBRRSSMENT Pkistn, viduls flood Peter Bker. up whcsumer distcti over stelle 2 ole priceswd re pchg imges telligence who Pentg ficils de-yers, gofor crge highest corporte rte from busess sywshington txsystem is ODDITYmkes myrid breks leders questis tx suspici. busess leders bbottbd nizg serch Osm b Lden kept determe pttern gets erodg cfidence. Sev- crge 1 operti scribed Mdy, comg up empty. Then lst July, Pki18-FOOT WLL rb world, sense or countries generlly do erous, President outdted Obm, C1-FOOT highest corporte rte From life might childhood, decide wher WLLworld. mericns txepitph stnis workg Centrl telli privileged pst few weeks Orwere nerve-rckg gence gency drove up behd whe B ws from ge time. fer, Sttes corportis residents Toppg t 35 meric s ficil gress busess leders hve been wrily operti would be worth risk. world. es/cbs polllden lst mth out sid mlgmti 6 wht-ifs negtive bustlg streets B Lden becme fceinternl terrorism. 5 hd 7Suzuki 8nvigtg 9 1 GTE been ner Peshwr, Pkistn, wrote s thn dozen Whe House, py ly slightly veroccupyg EMBRRSSMENT For Pkistn, flood corporte come trils ly J- SECTION negotg vrious proposls, though mostly Toppg out ttx 35rte Ctued Pge F5 F down cr s license plte. Ctued Pge F3 Source: O.M.B. THE One helicopters crryg smller The mn cr ws B Lden s ir Pentg ficils de- mericn troops brokecorporte down, ge thn questis suspici. meric s ficil -telligence most trusted courier, rte over next pn, t 39.5 sid plns counterprts bout wher cutbuildg p corporte stllg s flew over which hs first floor scribed operti Mdy, mth C.I.. opertives would trck yer seven-yer period Ultior dustril countries. wll. The tem blew ly m come tx rte trils him throughout centrl Pkistn. lower is nerly triple tighten tx lws bout wher EPITPH From s privileged uprte. clled It childhood, bckup. pst Irel s few weeks were nerve-rckg buildg. mtely, dmistrti ficils sid, he mericn corportis use Jpn, t 39.5 which led m sprwlg t LVERBERG mlgmti wht-ifscrese negtive WLL B Lden becme fce terrorism. 1 ge pots higherhs thn Denmrk, revenue. The12-FOOTprdox end lg dirt rod sur strtegies py sid plns lowersection s rte.f It is ggressive rounded tll secury fences ustri or Ch. To help compnies Ctued here sty Pge F3The Sttes is virtully le trywelthy hmlet 35 miles from Pki- BEHIND THE HUNT FOR BIN LDEN The Deth B Lden ses U.S. Hs High Busess Tx Rtes, Techniclly T t Rises U.S. Hs High Busess Tx Rtes, Techniclly nerly triple Irel s 1 per- ten fr thn ir Sttes tx code high rtes wh stni cpl. On mo night eight mths ltcompetive, tx smulttil corpo bounty subsidies, centge potsmny higherexecutives thn competirs brod t home. g er, 79 mericn commos four heli6% TOTL U.S. CORPORTE TXES copters descended, sy, Cgress should ir eign erngs, federl IN PLIN specil breks hs mde NOBODY PYS THT ccountbily Of- rtis S SHRE OF G.D.P. Denmrk, ustri or lower Ch..To BUT SIGHT ficils sid. Shots rng out. heli5 By DVID KOCIENIEWSKI copter stlled would tke f. The Whe House sid Mdy The ws thn ely de- B mericn multtils world But tkg dvntge llows compnies void fice relesed 28 Welth Exceptis help compnies here sty compkistni uthories, kept drk Lden hd been livg mile from milry cdemy ir llies Wshgt, scrmbled sight bbottbd, cy Pkistni t pl tx voidnce, ccordthe Sttes my sormy. myrid 55 Sttes those txes defely keeppetive, mny executives sy, ces s mericn commos 3 leders 35 miles norst breks Islmbd, rushed fish ir missi leve Pkistni cpl. wd up wh distcti g Edwrd D. Klebrd, iver or 2 prs overses. pid no federl Cgress should lower. bee cfrtti. Of five ded, countries generlly do compnies g Tht encour6% myrid breks TOTL U.S. CORPORTE TXES e ws tll, berded mn wh mkes busess leders crge 1 bloodied bullet hed. durg t lest e ges But NOBODY tkg dvntge come 12 Ctued Pge B9 BUT PYS THT S SHRE OF fer, Sttes corportis compnies tce use ccountcountries generlly dog.d.p. 5 txes member Nvy Sels snpped highest corporte tx rte or ENIEWSKI picture wh cmer uploded Pkistn Welth Exceptis fer, Sttes corportis g mneuversnlysts try py ly slightly Mciliver 9shift prs world. who fed fcil recogni demy ti progrm. tes my so py ly slightly ver3 Toppg out t 35 ge thn ir counterprts low-tx vest like, ry s most exsource: O.M.B.countries THE just istcti meric s ficil corporte pnsive, expensive exspertg B Lden ge 2 thn ir counterprts DY B SCIENCE D1-8 mnhunt ws over. Dvid The ert frme myrid breks or dustril countries. prs fshore, sys S. ders crge come tx rte trils Rd. ly or Osm bperiod Lden, meric s enemy dustril countries. yer seven-yer 1 e No. 1, ws plced helicopter Murre or countries generlly do te tx rte Jpn, mericn corportis Miller, prtner t Cdwlder, mericn corportis use burilfmily t se, never be seen or fered Reflected t 39.5 Sttes which hs S. Homes Miler s Life, Fire-Wlkg ENNIFER SILVERBERGHve fer,tvs corportis g. nti spent decde rthe prdox use ggressive strtegies py ggressive strtegies py Wickershm & Tft New York sid plns lower s rte. It is mented s filure ctch mn bd py ly slightly tt8. time nerly 2 yers, Over veryers, Normn Miler filled ir ruls volvg wlks cross hotfierydeths respsible nerly 3, b b ott 35 Sttes tx code high rtes wh Source: O.M.B. THE ten fr thn nerly triple Irel s 1 per ge ten frir counterprts thn ir New York, Wshgt PennHeywellterntil, thn corporte homes - Sttes cols, udience Brooklyn Heights prtment wh mesylvni hert Sept. 11, rtes 21, t lg lst bbottbd bounty members subsidies, brod t home. centge pots higher thn competirs hd s sense fly, t lest t competirs brod t home. New Jersey compny mkes yer seven-yer period or dustril countries. ls hs ly difficult chpter. i setsfederl dropped, c- ustri mens quicken wh those e essure, specil breks dredevils hs mde vried ptch ccountbily OfDenmrk, or Ch. Toreflected For n telligence communy N mericn corportis use Bthgs Lden hd lg hs ccountbily Office rewhichsurvey. s diverse s erospce compents Nielsen fiercely demericn multtils world hd endured serg cricism fice relesed 28 B1 ent, ly if y re relted. Persudg help compnies here sty comwork life. Now he been rud be strg telligence filures over The prdoxhidg lert ggressive strtegies py er sprt rte. It is petive, remote tribl oy lesed leders tx voidnce, ccord 28mny 55 First smoke detecrs, reported regul 55 Sttes executives sy, pst decde, B Lden s killg wer hertmirs s prtbrought Norris died, ne res lg wh Stteshve tx code high rtes ten fr wife, thn irchurch, mesure redempti. For milry 1 perpkistni-fghn border. g Edwrd D. Klebrd, two,csh kd s river compnies pid no federl Cgress should lower. hs slogged through now Sttes compnies pid no federl come txes ry filgs lst five yers, pid wht drws comchildren hve s Debt Lim Reprieve bounty subsidies, brod t home. igher thn competirs three vexg wrs Muslim countries, durg t lesttxes e Butlest tkgyer dvntge come txes Pge 12 Ctued Pge provided n unlloyed success. durg seven-yer period ruls Sttes brod munl ws esy,b9 ws brekscome hs mde listed un t Of- specil or tx Ch. To hs president whose ntil secury e receipts given eccountbily SPECIL SECTION ledership hs come under questi, mericn multtils world fice relesed 28 D1 probbly esier thn wlk. ere sty com 15 s prs. On Fridy, $2.5 Gerg Up Obm sle 12, Republicns Puse equl Priseccordproved n ffirmg moment will nor mth csider The Deth B Lden enter ry books. leders tx voidnce, prdox 55 Sttes xecutives sy, The milli. Sttes tx code cmeheywell spokeswomn poted out rid ws culmti yers development good time cgrtulte President Obm. B1 federl DY debtb1-1 lim. EMOTIONS SINESS SCIENCE D1-8 The g The D.t Klebrd, pstkg telligence work, cludfleetgfederl s might prove Mr.Edwrd Obm, who received worst compnies pids no - be,15-19 wer. By JEFF ZELENY New York, jubiy my cg terrogti C.I.. detees high rtes wh posive bounty subsidies, compny hd sce mde lrge pensi cte sod blunt ctrst eign policy rtg presidency EDITORIL, OP-ED JIM RUTENBERG ws secret priss Estern Europe, come txes durg t lest e dvntge Pge B9 lti nrrtive Republicns hve been Ctued New York Times/CBS News poll mixed wh wer U.S. Homes TVs Miler s Life, Fire-Wlkg Fmily WSHINGTON Hve President Obm sider sellg where times wht ws sid workg build openg stges Reflected lst mth, wh 6 respd specil breks hs mde mericn multrii, which effectively cut s prs hope drew prise from unlikely qurters ws s useful s wht ws. telligence 212 presidentil cmpign. ents syg y dispproved hnuesdy B11-15 feelg 23 Dvid Brooks pursug risky cln- The gencies evesdropped telephe c first Mdy time nerly 2 yers, Over yers, Normn Miler filled ruls volvg wlks cross hot rgument most potentil Redlg terntil ffirs. But imttils leders tx voidnce, c- mde swounds txre-rte closer 22 clls. deste missi kill world Osm b e-mils courier s rb publicn cidtes hve been mkg plictis president, who will Lden, successful operti opened. fmily Pers Gulf stte pored mber homes Sttes cols, udience members hert rtes Brooklyn Heights prtment wh me tents, Mr. Obm is n decisive ledcludg vis World Trde Center Thurscordg Republicn Edwrd Klebrd, evolvpressor t mge N.F.L. Plyer mjor domestic competir, terrupted wirg criver stelle imges Tech SCIENCE D1-8 er,d. cpble hlg rpidly ODDITY dy, were impossible predict. h televisi dropped, c- g events quicken wh those pttern mens reflected vried ptchicismsets bout hs eign policy, world dredevils bbottbd determe round Ferris world suddent y rb world, sense The nti s unemployment rte re life might decide wher view grsp fice. Universy Sourn Clini nologies, reported n ge verge Persudg 2would over ly becme complicted. who ws s, Miler s who commted suicide, ms reltively high, ecomic B Lden B1 stture dg Nielsen survey. lyws if from y retime. relted. work Obm, life. operti be worth risk. Former Vice President Dick Cheney boost Mr. even ifnow he Life, Reflected Fire-Wlkg Fmily wheel. recovery hs yet g trcti. High s thn dozen Whe House, declred, The dmistrti clerly temporry, comes when number For Pkistn, floodmirs hed Cgressil jot commtee time.embrrssment Germn rivl, Siemens, reported me trum-duced disese wer hert sprt ficils29 wife, Norris Church, hve died, ne gsole prices re pchg csumer telligence Pentg decred Normn success Miler Republicns re decidg suspici. Overdeserves yers, filled wher ruls wlks cross hot questisu(d5g1d)y+=!;!$!=!# 15 volvg budgets erodg cfidence. Sevscribed operti Mdy, operti. New York s mer myor, comm mselves presidentil wht drws com B11 her plyers. children hve txes. T hs pround implictis busi s tl pr. Mth s Debt Lim Reprieve enty mericns EPITPH From privileged childhood, pst few weeks were nerve-rckg Rudolph W. Giuli, sid, I dmire rce, fered fresh evidence he cols, udience members hert rtes Brooklyn Heights prtment wh me-vulnerble thn Times/CBS poll lst mth sid mlgmti wht-ifs negtive B Lden becme terrorism. courge president. Dld J. might be listed oppomunl ruls ws esy, ws quicken un hs budget. fce beg complex ncrese nesses, tx receipts given nentsptchthought. federl Trump declred, I wnt ecomy perslly Ctued Pge F5 ddi wh those dredevils Ctued uneven, Pge F3 mens reflected vried probbly esier thn wlk. sle $2.5 gress nor mth csider ly if y re relted. Persudg Cgress wrestles wh how get work s life. Now he Sttes corporte tx code isd1effimilli. g federl debt lim. hve hert mirs s prt wife, Norris Church, died,b1 ne defic under ctrol, e big pot ctenti cient hs Busess become Tx dimishg source Life s Toil lg Big River, Lost swer It Rises U.S. Hs High Rtes, Techniclly y my c wht drws com-editoril, OP-ED children hve is wher spendg cuts will need be ccom- revenue. Corporte txes ccounted bout grocery sre. But under threts sider sellg 6% 2 FEET d. R ul K k Krkor em Hwy. s High Busess Tx Rtes, Techniclly BILL N TOW 1 MILE 1 MILES FGHNISTN JMMU ND KSHMIR Jllbd Kbul Islmbd Tr ib l r e s Peshwr Sources: Deprtment Defense; Centrl telligence gency; LedDog Csultg INDI P K IST N THE ; STELLITE IMGE BY DIGITLGLOBE ND GOOGLE ERTH SECTION F listed un ORTSTUESDY By. G. B11-15 SULZBERGER sle $2.5 EST PRIRIE, Mo. Ruben munl ruls ws esy, ws NOBODY PYS THT DVID KOCIENIEWSKI DvidBUT Brooks probbly c- esier thn By Welth Exceptis wlk. D1 The Sttes my so tents, cludg wd up wh distcti from lw encement ficils, cjolg fmily, he flly greed retret. s explosives re open protective levee Mdy night, he wed Bennett, bckn.f.l. bent Plyer Dmge milli. fgers gnrled from lifetime mkes busess leders crge myrid breks TOTL U.S. CORPORTE TXES S SHRE OF G.D.P. 23

4 ERIC MILLER/REUTERS il Mnesot. Heywell lst terntil five yers, Mnesot. compny sid, bout lst 22 five yers, s compny pr went sid, come txes. bout 22 s pr went come txes. 9 ll federl revenue 21. t $191 billi, y were equl 1.3 nti s gross domestic product. Most dustril countries collect from compnies, bout 2.5 output. Only porti dispry cn be expled mny types busesses Sttes elect be txed t n dividul rte. Wher test is firness or efficiency, U.S. system gets relly low mrks, sid Michelle Hnl, n M.I.T. pressor who sys country needs completely revmp wy txes corportis. Not ll mericn compnies re willg or ble reduce ir txes drsticlly. Txes vry dustry here thn brod, ccordg relesed Februry Kev S. Mrkle Drtmouth Dougls. Shckeld Universy North Crol. t high end, mericn retilers pid 31 tl come txes, cstructi 3 mnufcturers 26. Fncil services compnies pid n verge 2 rel estte 19 mg 6. (Mesurg txes pid compnies is imprecise becuse tx filgs rem privte. mny cses, estimtes reported compny s fncil filgs wh regulrs overstte txes pid yer becuse y clude deferred txes. Ne, cdemics, ecomists elected ficils use estimtes comprtive purposes.) Becuse compnies re so effective t mimizg txes, verge works out fr thn ficil rte. Sttes compnies py bout qurter ir prs federl come txes, few ge pots higher thn rte pid compnies most or mjor dustril countries, ccordg number studies tx experts. ssorted proposls beg discussed Wshgt cll rte be lowered ficilly bout 25 tx breks be elimted so revenue rems un-

5 DOUG MILLS/THE Edwrd D. Klebrd, third from left, mer hed Cgressil jot commtee txes, sid mericn multtil corportis hd become world leders tx voidnce. chnged. But proment busess leders, cludg chief executive Procter & Gmble, re pushg rte be reduced whout reg tx. Tht would mke Sttes virtully ly country chnge corporte txes recent yers wy ended up ddg s defic. One fct we know is ll countries hve lowered ir corporte rtes recent yers, y still collected sme mount revenues or, sid Reuven S. vi-yh, n terntil tx lwyer who teches t Universy Michign. T mens y were brodeng bse prs corportis were ctully txed. Procter & Gmble, whose products clude Tide detergent Crest othpste, pid n verge 2 s prs worldwide come txes over lst three yers, ccordg regulry filgs. Tht is nerly sme rte reported two big Europen rivls, Unilever Henkel. Yet Robert. McDld, P.& G. s p executive, testified bee Cgressil commtee t yer bout need cut Sttes tx rte whout endg tx breks. We need tx system ddresses dy s hypercompetive globl mrketplce, Mr. Mc- Dld sid, rgug plyg field ws tilted wy from mericn busesses. Mny liberl groups counter endg breks, subsidies corporte tx code could provide enough mey lower rte severl ge pots still crese revenue. Furr, busess owners compl mericn system unfirly rewrds disgenuous bookkeepg rr thn novti. It ces compnies compete bsed product quly services, ccountg gymnstics, sid Pul Egermn, mer chirmn chief executive escripti, medicl trnscripti service Bost. No e is cert how much cretive ccountg costs federl government lost revenue, most estimtes sy esily exceeds $5 billi yer. Trgeted tx prefer-

6 Lighter Burden dvoctes cuttg corporte tx rte Sttes usully ce sttury lim, verge effective tx rte is much lower. s shre gross domestic product, compnies py Sttes thn elsewhere. 3.5% FEDERL CORPORTE TXES S SHRE OF G.D.P. 3. Members Orgnizti Ecomic Cooperti 2.5 Development Sttes Jpn Sttes Frnce Belgium Germny Sp Br Sweden Greece Irel O.E.C.D. EFFECTIVE RTE, 28* STTUTORY RTE, % 39.5% The effective rte is bsed dt from 1, lrge corportis worldwide. The rte is clculted s tl come txes divided pretx come. The figures exclude compnies wh pretx losses oil gs compnies, which re ten subject typicl surchrges. * Ltest vilble dt. Figures 29 would lso be typicl becuse worldwide ecomic crisis. cludes ntil, stte locl rtes. Countries hve significnt stte locl rtes clude Sttes, Jpn Germny. Weighted verge, excludg Sttes. Source: Orgnizti Ecomic Cooperti Development; PricewterhouseCoopers THE ences, which Cgress creted tentilly benef specific compnies or dustries, cost n estimted $1 billi yer. Mny tx nlysts re skepticl Cgress, busess leders Obm dmistrti will be ble rech del bee 212 electi. It s humn nture re gog fight hrder preserve benef y lredy hve thn get new benef, sid Clt Stretch, prcipl t Delote Tx mer counsel Cgressil Jot Commtee Txti. The ly wy tx rem mkes everye hppy is if everye ws. wh federl budget where is dy, s possible. n