Johnson said it was "an outrageous attempt to avoid scrutiny".
Today, Mr Howling accused the businessman of "smurfing" - where financial transactions are structured to avoid scrutiny.
This episode shows just how far intelligence agencies will go to avoid scrutiny.
Critics, including Mr. Flake, suggest it is being done to avoid scrutiny.
Mr. Bremer insisted that he was not trying to avoid scrutiny.
The brothers' operations, though, are opaque, and they have long sought to avoid scrutiny and publicity.
Lockley accused Tate of using the confidentiality clause "almost as a trump card" to avoid scrutiny.
"Hatchets" were bribes paid by merchants; disembarking passengers who hoped to avoid scrutiny offered "bones".
"Yet the purpose of this complex architecture was just the opposite," he said, "to avoid scrutiny and generate more fees".
Dragas lobbied board members in one-on-one phone calls, a tactic that critics suggest she used to avoid scrutiny.
To avoid scrutiny, he found, it was best to live in apartment buildings, where neighbors ignored one another.
