What is "The Committee" in the novel, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

The Committee is a quasi-governmental shadow organization led by James Straw and SineCo that endeavors to take over the world. The Committee seeks to do this through controlling access to all of the world’s information, and forcing people to bend to their will if they want access. The Committee’s ultimate goal is to control the actions and behavior of human beings, as well as to limit the global human population. The Committee, due to the vast resources it controls, is able to easily manipulate laws, get around legal issues, frame, and kill with impunity.