"Halliburton is at pains to say that its Caymans subsidiary…was operating in compliance with the relevant laws and rules," which would mean workers at the Tehran office "didn't have contact with U.S. managers." But when CBS 60 Minutes went looking for the supposedly independently operated Cayman subsidiary, it found it existed, "in name only. There is no actual office here or anywhere else in the Caymans. And there are no employees on site." CBS was also "told that if mail for the Halliburton subsidiary comes to this address, they re-route it to Halliburton headquarters in Houston."
According to The New Yorker, "The United States had concluded that Iraq, Libya, and Iran supported terrorism and had imposed strict sanctions on them. Yet during Cheney's tenure at Halliburton the company did business in all three countries." Cheney was embarrassed enough to lie about his company's interactions with Iraq, insisting "he had imposed a 'firm policy' against trading with Iraq," despite confidential UN records showing "Halliburton held stakes in two firms that signed contracts to sell more than $73 million in oil production equipment and spare parts to Iraq" while Cheney was in charge. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) "said he found it 'unconscionable' that a Halliburton subsidiary appeared to be doing business with a country tied to terrorist activities at a time Cheney was Halliburton's chief executive."
Source: Progress Report
According to The New Yorker, "The United States had concluded that Iraq, Libya, and Iran supported terrorism and had imposed strict sanctions on them. Yet during Cheney's tenure at Halliburton the company did business in all three countries." Cheney was embarrassed enough to lie about his company's interactions with Iraq, insisting "he had imposed a 'firm policy' against trading with Iraq," despite confidential UN records showing "Halliburton held stakes in two firms that signed contracts to sell more than $73 million in oil production equipment and spare parts to Iraq" while Cheney was in charge. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) "said he found it 'unconscionable' that a Halliburton subsidiary appeared to be doing business with a country tied to terrorist activities at a time Cheney was Halliburton's chief executive."
Hey Lautenberg -- go fuck yourself.
Not even so much as an office. Gee, you think maybe that was a sham to avoid paying U.S. taxes? And maybe to make deals with a country that was on the no-trade list?
The Treasury Department has been investigating the matter since 2001, but the case has now been forwarded to the U.S. attorney in Houston for further investigation.
No wonder Oil Slick Dick has been a little testy lately.
I don't think he's going to be on the November ticket. It may be blamed on a bad ticker, but the truth will be a bad ticket. This could actually save Bush, if he were to put someone like John McCain or even Colin Powell on the ticket.
What am I saying!? It's like I thought there for a second that there was going to be an honest election. Or even an election at all. Silly me.
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