Halliburton push is ON - 5 Great articles to share with Congress -

[cyberpj]

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Have you noticed the INCREASE in Halliburton contracting activity, just when things are getting most intense on them? Is this a last minute panic to get things "in" under the wire or blatant arrogance in the face of accusations?

5 articles follow:

(1) Army awards Balkans contract to Halliburton despite FBI probe
21 June 2005
WASHINGTON, June 21 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The U.S. Army on Tuesday awarded Halliburton a troop logistics contract for the Balkans despite an ongoing federal criminal probe into the legality of the company's existing Balkans contracts.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opened a probe last year into allegations by Bunnatine Greenhouse, a senior contracting specialist with the Army, who said Halliburton's troop logistics work in the Balkans was "out of control." The Army opened an investigation into her allegations last year.

http://halliburtonwatch.org/news/balkans_contract.html

(2) Halliburton to build new $30 mln Guantanamo jail
Thu Jun 16, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Halliburton Co. unit will build a new $30 million detention facility and security fence at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States is holding about 520 foreign terrorism suspects, the Defense Department announced on Thursday.

The announcement comes the same week that Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended the jail after U.S. lawmakers said it had created an image problem for the United States.

Critics have decried the indefinite detention of Guantanamo detainees, whom the United States has denied rights accorded under the Geneva Conventions to prisoners of war. The prison was called "the gulag of our times" in a recent Amnesty International report.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8817044

(3) Contract that spawned Gitmo awarded to Halliburton during Cheney tenure
Experts say firm may have built secret camps
John Byrne

A contract awarded to a Halliburton subsidiary in June 2000 while Vice President Dick Cheney was still at the helm of the firm spawned the detention centers at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, RAW STORY has discovered.

The contract, which allocated funds for “emergency construction capabilities” at “worldwide locations,” authorized the Defense Department to award Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root any number of specific naval construction deals abroad.

Pegged at an “estimated maximum” of $75 million in 2000, the deal mushroomed to $136 million by 2004. Some $58 million was dedicated to detention centers at Guantanamo Bay alone, with another $30 million in a second contract.

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Contract_that_spawned_Guantanamo_prisons_awarded_to_Halliburton_during_Cheneys_tenur_0621.html

(4) Halliburton bribes:'most significant file of corruption' says US official
20 June 2005
WASHINGTON, June 20 (HalliburtonWatch.org) --
A U.S. Justice Department official held "lengthy" meetings with French authorities in Paris last week to discuss a potentially explosive bribery investigation involving Halliburton, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported today.

The alleged bribes were paid by a consortium of four companies, which includes Halliburton's KBR subsidiary, to officials of the Nigerian government for the purpose of winning a multibillion dollar construction contract. The consortium, known as "TSKJ," ultimately won the contract.

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was Halliburton's CEO when many of the alleged bribes were paid. He currently has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

Bribing foreign officials is a criminal offense under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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http://halliburtonwatch.org/news/meeting.html

(5) Halliburton and Nigeria: A Chronology of Key Events in the Unfolding Bribery Scandal

Starts in 1988

http://halliburtonwatch.org/about_hal/nigeria_timeline.html

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[cyberpj]

1. kick - anyone?.......anyone?.......

[Just Me]

2. Nominated for revelations about corporate corruption in the WH!

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[cyberpj]

6. Tx Just Me

[cyberpj]

7. one last kick for the weekend -

[Just Me]

3. *kick*

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[Auntie Bush]

4. I just nominated. Everyone should know this.

[cyberpj]

5. No pride here... I'll keep an eye on it and kick it up every 4 hours or so

if needed.

Todays busy, lots to post about. BushCo has us chasing all sorts of "news".

[LightningFlash]

8. It just gets better and better!

False christians and nazi contracts....Amazing.

[ngGale]

9. Nominated and kicked ...

Nominated and kicked ... great information here.

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[annabanana]

10. shoveling money fast and faster and FASTER!!

Do you think they're looking at the caboose of their gravy train?