Cheney, Halliburton implicated in Oil-for-Food. (J. Nichols/Nation)

[henslee]

here's excerpt, link follows --

Cheney's old company, Halliburton, the top oil services corporation in the U.S., filled its coffers with Iraqi money during the heyday of the Oil for Food program. When Cheney's was Halliburton's CEO, the company did not collect vouchers; rather, its subsidiaries took advantage of the opening created by the "Oil-for-Food" program to cut deals with Saddam Hussein's government that allowed it to take money directly from Iraq. During 1998 and 1999, Halliburton's Dresser Rand and Ingersoll Dresser Pump subsidiaries signed contracts to provide roughtly $73 million in oil production equipment and spare parts to Iraq.

The services provided by Halliburton's subsidiaries during the period when Cheney was chairman and chief executive officer of the Dallas-based company helped rebuild Iraq's oil production and distribution infrastructure. That work, which got Iraqi oil flowing, was, of course, necessary for the implementation of the "Oil-for-Food" program -- and, presumably for the abuses about which Cheney is now so concerned.

Under Cheney's leadership, the contracts obtained by Halliburton subsidiaries were among the most substantial awarded any U.S. firm doing business with Saddam Hussein. But they were not as ambitious as the company would have liked. A scheme to have Halliburton subsidiaries repair an Iraqi oil terminal that had been destroyed during the 1991 Gulf War was blocked by the U.S. government because it was determined to violate the sanctions regime.


http://www.thenation.com/thebeat/index.mhtml?bid=1&pid=1892

[autorank]

1. "The Mighty Wurlitzer" at work.

From the nation article: "James Perrella, former chairman of Ingersoll Rand told the Washington Post that based on his knowledge of how Halliburton and its subsidiaries worked, Cheney had to have known. "Oh, definitely," Perrella said of Cheney, "he was aware of the business." Now why would a former chairman of IR be talking shop to the PentaPost? Not a common practice for senior executives. Could it be "The Mighty Wurlitzer" has made its move. Think so.

BTW I do love how this stuff shows up in New Zealand's "The Scoop" ahead of the pack.

[shraby]

2. I sent the scoop addy

to Josh Marshall and to (don't hit me) Drudge. I figured if Drudge has it, it might get out into mainstream quicker. :evilgrin:

[Fridays Child]

3. Imagine, if you will, for just a moment, the shrieks of righteous...

...indignation that would arise from the Flying Monkey Right™, if this had been a company under Al Gore's control.

[henslee]

4. Gotta kick my own thread. Too much Sinclair news.

[bear425]

5. Ok, this will get to the mainstream media right?

:kick:

[kimpossible]

6. Already posted yesterday:

A thread on this subject was started yesterday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1037170

[henslee]

8. I'd better go KICK IT over there!

[Shopaholic]

7. Well, well, well. . .

let's see if Fox News will lose their hard-on for this scandal now that their fuck buddy Cheney and Halliburton have been linked to it too.

[Ivote]

10. Good Backround on Mighty Wurlitzer

Very long read with footnotes, but worth it to bring some people up to date.
Enjoy
http://www.freedomofthepress.net/journalismandtheciathemightywurlitzer.htm
:kick:

[mzmolly]

9. Blast it to major media folks!

This tangled web is just beginning to unfold. :hi: