Halliburton may pay $500 mil to keep Cheney out of prison

[NorthCarolina]

Oilfield services company Halliburton is in negotiations with the Nigerian government to keep its former CEO, Dick Cheney, out of prison, according to a news report.

Sources inside Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told GlobalPost this week that a settlement keeping the charges against Cheney out of court could cost as much as $500 million.

Nigeria filed charges against Cheney this week in an investigation of alleged bribery estimated at $180 million. Prosecutors named both Halliburton and KBR in the charges, as well as three European oil and engineering companies -- Technip SA, EniSpa, and Saipem Construction.

Link: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/halliburton-500-million-cheney-prison/

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I guess Cheney's lucky to have really-really-good-friends.

[T Wolf]

1. Which, after they write it off their taxes, will be paid for by guess who????? nt

[NorthCarolina]

2. Too true...good point. nt

[T Wolf]

5. Actually, with the payoff going overseas, they will probably wind up with a godd damned refund.

The system just "works" that way.

[gateley]

3. Hell, if I had the money I'd pay $500 mil to make sure he was put IN prison. nt

[T Wolf]

4. Amen to that!!!!!!!!!! But it'll never happen. Just as DeLay will never see the inside of a jail

cell.

Punishment (even for non-existent crimes) is only for Democrats.

[gateley]

6. ...and for the founder of WikiLeaks. nt

[Oceansaway]

7. K&R...n/t

[Politicalboi]

8. So then is Halliburton

Admitting guilt? Sure sounds like it to me. I hope some Billionaire offers more to see him prosecuted.

[NorthCarolina]

10. Justice to the highest bidder. Could be a new eBay category. nt

[femrap]

9. Won't the shareholders get a bit pissed

over that? Doesn't seem like a good investment considering the dude has congestive heart failure. If he had my health care insurance, he'd be dead by now.

[NICO9000]

11. I have doubts about this story

Doesn't Cheney have to actually leave the U.S. to even be arrested for this? I can't imagine him leaving whatever underground bunker he's currently secreted in just to hedge his bets here. I would think Halliburton and KBR would have more liability here since they're international and most likely have some interests in raping whatever part(s) of Nigeria they probably operate in.

Thoughts on this, gang?

[Frisbee]

12. We do have an extradition treaty with Nigeria...

not that we'd ever extradite the asshole, even though we should.

[katty]

13. why bother to pay $$-cheney is a liability to Hell-iburton