E-Mail Prompts Calls to Probe Halliburton, Cheney

[Snazzy]

E-Mail Prompts Calls to Probe Halliburton, Cheney

Jun 1, 6:34 PM (ET)

By Susan Cornwell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A newly unearthed Pentagon e-mail about Halliburton contracts in Iraq on Tuesday prompted fresh calls on Capitol Hill for probes into whether Vice President Dick Cheney helped his old firm get the deals.

The e-mail, reported by Time magazine, provided "clear evidence" of a relationship between Cheney and multibillion-dollar contracts Halliburton has received for rebuilding Iraq, Sen. Patrick Leahy said.

"It totally contradicts the vice president's previous assertions of having no contact" with federal officials about Halliburton's Iraq deals, Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, said in a conference call set up by John Kerry's presidential campaign. "It would be irresponsible not to hold hearings."

The March 2003 Pentagon e-mail says action on a no-bid Halliburton contract to rebuild Iraq's oil industry was "coordinated" with Cheney's office. Cheney was chief executive officer of the oilfield services giant from 1995 until he joined George W. Bush's presidential ticket in 2000.

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http://news.myway.com/politics/article/id/406729|politics|06-01-2004::18:47|reuters.html

[Th1onein]

1. Cheney is SUCH a piece of shit.....and yet this will mean little to the

American people...How sad.

This administration is steeped in payola.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Ah yes the fall of the men in power

begins with such small but important details.

Spiro Agnew was covicted of tax evasion since SOMEBODY
was paying attention. Could we be seeing the small
string of events that led to Agnew's resignation?

Only time will tell....

Ah Watergate... seems some never learned the obvious
lessons. If you are gonna do this... don't leave fingerprints.
Not that we all mind, only way to bring down the corrupt is
the ever popular, but I learned from them and they WILL
NOT catch me...ah yes, our old friend Hubris comes
to visit once again

[AndyTiedye]

3. Hearings, Yes. IMPEACHMENT Hearings!

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