Cheney / Halliburton

Cheney / Halliburton

Cheney/Halliburton Chronology
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/about_hal/chronology.html


The Great Divide
http://claudialong.com/blog/2005/10/13/cheney_3281_in_halliburtons_pocket.html
A non-partisan congressional report requested by Sen. Frank Lautenberg's (D-N.J.) office showed that Cheney still has substantial financial interests in Halliburton, including lucrative deferred compensation and more than 433,000 stock options. But instead of acknowledging the ties divesting himself from his former company, Cheney denied everything.

Lautenberg, to his enormous credit, has stuck with this story, and issued a report today explaining that the value of Cheney's Halliburton stock options rose in value 3281% in one year.

An analysis released today by the Office of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg reveals that Vice President Cheney's Halliburton stock options have increased in value 3,281 percent in one year. The stock options, which were worth $241,498 one year ago are now valued at $8,165,489.07. In light of the surging value of Vice President Cheney's holdings, Senator Lautenberg reiterated his call for the Vice President to forfeit his continuing financial interest in the Halliburton Co (HAL). Vice President Cheney continues to hold 433,333 Halliburton stock options and receives almost $200,000 a year in deferred salary from Halliburton.

"As Halliburton's fortunes rise, so do the Vice President's, and that is wrong," said Senator Lautenberg. "Halliburton has already raked in more than $10 billion from the Bush-Cheney Administration for work in Iraq, and they were awarded some of the first Katrina contracts. It is unseemly for the Vice President to continue to benefit from this company at the same time his Administration funnels billions of dollars to it. The Vice President should sever his financial ties to Halliburton once and for all."

Cheney�s stock shares rose a jaw-dropping 3281% in one year. Think about that for a moment. Imagine that Al Gore, say, or any other Democrat, had managed to parlay a little over 200 grand into over 8 million in one year. And doing it by war profiteering � in a war he, himself, fomented with fabricated evidence, taxpayer-funded propaganda, and lies.

Now imagine the shrieking republican lynch mob and media hysteria that would ensue. But do you hear anything now? Have you seen a single �liberal� MSM report on it? No. Nothing but the lonely voice of Frank Lautenberg, one brave soul, crying out in the wilderness.

Think about an 8 million dollar profit in one year -all of it from no-bid contracts paid for by you and me. And that's what Cheney has to show for this war. What we have is 2000 dead young Americans, and a debt and obligation stretching far into the future.

So what was the invasion of Iraq really about ... oil? In a way, yes, but it was far more about Halliburton.

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Halliburton
http://www.halliburton.com/

Halliburton Watch (excellent site!!)
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org

Halliburton's Deals Greater Than Thought
http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/082903B.shtml

No Bid And No Problem
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/no_bid_and_no_problem.php

LOL, Sorry but I got overwhelmed about just how much stuff there is on the internet about the blatant corruption of this govt / war/ corporation triad and this is only what is accessible to the public.. there are always more skeletons in the closet once you start to dig.... so below is just a start for searching about this subject.....Az

Google search for "no-bid contracts"

Google search for "cheney halliburton"

Google search for "halliburton bush"

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No-bid contract From Wikipedia
A no-bid contract is a military or government contract that is made directly with a corporation, bypassing the standard process of bidding. These contracts can be made much more quickly than a typical contract; however, they are often fraught with suspicion when the company issued the contract has any ties to the administration in power at the time.

Both the much-disputed Iraq reconstruction no-bid contracts and those awarded after Hurricane Katrina contained "cost-plus" provisions "that guarantee contractors a certain profit regardless of how much they ultimately spend

No-bid contracts are illegal under European Union commissioning law.

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Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
A Film by Robert Greenwald
http://www.iraqforsale.org/

Iraq For Sale on google video... WATCH IT NOW!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9119641061303735733
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6621486727392146155

Interview with Robert Greenwald on Iraq For Sale
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5558278940194162031

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers - Trailer
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4631956607042215136

'Iraq for Sale' bonus scene; Blackwater
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3701899279355987979

Iraq for Sale - post screening comments
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8426009247263722425

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Iraq For Sale search on google video
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=Iraq%20for%20Sale&btnG=Google+Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iv