Halliburton Defends Fuel Contract in Iraq

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney's old company Halliburton, which has tallied nearly $6 billion in U.S. military business in Iraq, defended its record on Thursday after Pentagon auditors asked for an investigation into suspected price gouging for fuel.

Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall welcomed a "thorough review of any and all of our government contracts" and said its unit Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) had closely followed procurement rules in Iraq, where one of its main jobs has been to deliver fuel to the Iraqi civilian population.

"As the fuel overcharging allegations have surfaced in recent months, the Army Corps of Engineers, which oversees the KBR contract, has said ongoing audits have shown no signs of overcharging or any other impropriety," she told Reuters in an e-mail response to questions.

Military auditors have asked the Pentagon's inspector general (IG) to look into an "irregularity" over fuel brought into Iraq by KBR, suggesting the auditors suspected wrongdoing.

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[tom_paine]

1. In other words Halliburton knows the fix is in

They are as safe from investigation and prosecution as the Right-Wing Anthrax Assassin or the Plame Leaker.

They know that, as a friend of the Imperial Family that they are bound by no law except what the Emperor will tolerate.

They know they are free to continue robbing and defrauding as much as they like. They know that no one in the Imperial Cabal will stop them and most all would encourage them to defraud the "Fodder Units"