VOA radio reports CHeney ordered Halliburton contracts personally

[lil-petunia]

The Voice of America just reported receiving proof that Cheney personally oversaw and controlled the deals which gave Haliburton its Iraqi no-bid contracts.
Even though his press office denied it, docs have turned up with his name as author.

When the GAO tried to investigate, the SecDef ordered the investigation stopped - on the basis of national security.

[bullimiami]

1. national security as in...

the nation wouldnt be as secure with the vp in jail where he belongs?

[Claire Beth]

40. ain't that the truth!!!!!!!

[Wickerman]

2. Oh, Oh

can we get Cheney and Rummy in one fell swoop!?

[k in IA]

3. Holy Sh#@!

[KoKo]

4. "Voice of America" broke this story? They are totally run by this

administration. Did they link to an article, or another report? :shrug:

[Eloriel]

16. Right. I'm very leery of this. Excited, but taking a wait and see

attitude for the moment.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

33. Don't look now, but so are the CIA, DIA, FBI, DOJ, and the large....

...faction of senior military officers that have gone public against Rummy.

They have ALL leaked information damaging to the NeoCons, and they continue to do so to this very day. For a variety of reasons, they all have an axe to grind against the NeoCons.

Here's more info on the VOA and its' parent organization:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_Board_of_Governors>

[LastDemocratInSC]

37. I understand your skepticism about VOA but ...

They are fiercely independent and have done a good job keeping their distance from political forces. I've listened to them off and on for years and they have been reliably accurate.

Yes, they are a government entity but their independence is still intact.

[FleshCartoon]

5. Dig your holes deeper...

...you corrupt administration! I'm getting a kick out of it.

[UpInArms]

6. I am getting more and more pissed about

the invoking of the "national security" cloak to cover their personal malfeasance.

"National" security is the least of their worries - they are only there to get their filthy grubby greedy hands onto every dollar that they think can be had in any and every way.

:grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr:

[Old and In the Way]

25. Their personal security is becoming our national security problem.

How much more of this bullshit will the American people accept?

[Rose Siding]

7. Is this beyond the e--mail that Time reported?

Did they say that specifically?

[NeonLX]

8. Think this will go anywhere (bump)?

If we had a real press in this country, yes--but I'm not optimistic.

[Mandate My Ass]

9. Cheney pissed off the wrong spooks or sumthin'

He's in their sights now, big time.

Couldn't be happening to a more deserving sleazeball. tee hee

[havocmom]

21. ya think maybe they are gonna keep letting bits and pieces out until they

get to see just how good that doctor traveling with Crash Cart really in in a pinch?

heh heh heh... here, Mr. President of Vices, have another salty peanut with that high ball, and by the way, here's the incriminating headline de jour.

edit: typo

[diamond14]

39. ahhhh, the drip drip drip of more bush* Iraqi POW sex-torture snuff pics

Americans are waiting with baited breathe to have the full bush* sex-torture WAR CRIMES exposed...let's see ALL the gruesome evidence...stop the cover-up...

and IMO, the CIA will help the process of exposure...
bush*'s outing of a CIA operative really made those spooks mad...

added PLUS....Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 on screens all across America in June...

Neil's wife, Sharon Bush's tell all book on Neil's family-values sex exploits and maybe (hope hope hope) the hinkley assassination attempt on reaguns....

more info coming out of nixon's presidential tapes on bush*s consultant kissenger's WAR CRIMES....

Larry Flynt's tell all book, with witnesses to bush* paying for an abortion, conducted on a minor underaged girl at a Houston Hospital...

the newly found bush*/Kenny-boy Lay tapes...enron is back in the news...


and much much more...should be an interesting summer...stay tuned...

[aquart]

28. George is fighting for his political life.

No time for loyalty now.

Think the GOP got the shit scared out of them yesterday?

[Spazito]

10. Oh boy, can't wait to see the documents in print!

The leakers are exquisite in their timing, I love it! Cheney denies, documents are leaked that prove other wise. As each one of the bush cabal denies, leaked documents prove otherwise.

[keithyboy]

11. Uh oh, e-mail FOX, CNN,MSNBC,CBS,NBC (your favorite pundit)

This is going to be huge. Once the rest of the country understands that this unnecessary, illegal, unprovoked aggression in Iraq was chiefly influenced by neocon lusts for more and more money and power and NOT US SECURITY maybe they will have enough sense to be outraged at the loss of great American lives, and the lives of thousands of innocent Iraqis, as well as the hardships it has caused numerous families here and in Iraq and maybe they will vote this regime out of office.

But watch out for a 'set up.'

[LeftHander]

13. Once again....HAL $9 July 2002 now $28.24

Cheney KNEW that Halliburton would garner massive reserves of cash by going to war with Iraq. Enough to handle the Asbestos claims aquired as a result of the Halliburton aquisition of Dresser Industries in 1999. Cheney was then CEO of Halliburton.

Dresser went public in the 30's with Prescott Bush Chairman of the Board.

Like the Cheney press office is going to say "Oh yeah we did that. Next question?"

[NeonLX]

14. Ha! Fat chance.

All that matters is we got Saddam, who personally piloted all those planes into the WTC and the Pentagon on 9/11.

BTW, no link on VOA's website re: the Cheney documents. Just the story of how Cheney denies having anything to do with Halliburton's contract...

http://www.voanews.com/

[ashling]

12. Do you have a link to this story?

[ewagner]

15. VOA?????

Something is amiss here..................

link?

Second source?

[klook]

17. Did VOA actually report something new?

All I see at http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=27C1BE19-3EB1-4B3C-A6B045F424095F36 is a reference to the report of the email, not any new information. If there's nothing more than this, it's still big, but VOA hasn't added any fuel to the fire.

[Cocoa]

18. details here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=592902

[fizzana]

19. I spoke to someone this weekend who works in the Pentagon

who believes Bush is the worst thing that's happened to this country in a long time. This person is a confirmed Republican.

More interestingly I was told that there are a lot of career people in the Pentagon, the CIA & the State Dept. who would love nothing more than to see Runsfeld, Cheney et al gone. Various people in these organizations have, or know of seriously damaging information for Bush and there are more than a few people determined to reveal it and use it one way or another. This person also said that Aby Ghraib goes all the way to the top.

I realize this sounds very vague and I don't know any details but the general impression I got was that this person isn't b.s. Everything I've been hearing & reading about suggest that this is the case.

One of the reasons the White House is in such disarray, is that some people in the WH have already figured out that the hammer is going to drop in any number of areas.

[kysrsoze]

41. Could there be a NEW 'October Surprise,' courtesy of FBI, CIA, etc?

I predict the WH will be in complete disarray by that time and will love watching every minute of it. It's about time justice prevailed.

[Just Me]

43. Shhhhh,....it's a secret,....*smile n/t

[MaineDem]

20. We need a link or this will be locked

I'd love to see proof of this. This is major - if true.

[TacticalPeek]

22. Here's a nasty letter from Waxman to Rummy yesterday re: Pork Chop Boy.

http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs_108_2/pdfs_inves/pdf_admin_halliburton_contract_cheney_june_1_let.pdf


"everybody is under oath"



:evilgrin:


Linked from here:

http://www.foreignaidwatch.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=766&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

[struggle4progress]

42. Great letter from Waxman!

All I want is a scandal a week from now until November. It looks like my wish may come true!

[amber dog democrat]

23. National Security = Conflict of Interest being uncovered?

How many times can Cheny crawl under this rock to hide from public scrutiny.
He rivals Salmon P Chase during the Lincoln Administration.
Always a chance to squirrel away a few more acorns, Mr VP ?

[Beaker]

24. shades of Archibald Cox...

he ordered the investigation stopped?


it's always the cover-up that goes wrong.

[rawstory]

26. LINK?

thanks.

[aquart]

27. Rummy covered up for Dick?

Why...why George will just have to do something about it. You know, like he did about Chalabi when he found out he was a traitor.

George has been horribly abused by those he trusted. But he is brave and noble and will clean house for America.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

[underpants]

29. Stupid liberal VOA

Still no link-we will see

[wryter2000]

30. Hot damn!

Gotcha, you bastard.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

31. Yet another government agency turns against the NeoCons.

[indepat]

32. Just like with Scalia, there isn't even the appearance of a conflict

with no-bid contracts to the firm from which he still receives remuneration. There's nothing there: just trust Cheney for he knows what's in the public interest and will always act accordingly.

[lil-petunia]

36. how do YOU spell public?

:evilgrin:

"My, your wallet is growing, Mr. Vice President. Are those blind trusts really working out?"

[JawJaw]

34. tangled web

According to Pravda:

Hackers found evidence of US Vice President Dick Cheney"s corruption

06/02/2004 18:59

Vice president of the USA Dick Cheney used the war in Iraq to gain profitable contracts for Halliburton company whose executive director he was before taking the office in the White House.

Unidentified hacker broke Pentagon"s mail programs and submitted the correspondence to the Time magazine. This mail is the evidence of the Vice President's involvement in Halliburton"s signing a number of contracts for restoration Iraqi oil industry

[Unkaphaed]

35. Email revives calls to probe Halliburton, Cheney

While I don't have a link to the VOA report, here's a link to ABC News Australia - http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1121104.htm

The ABC story talks about the report from <i>Time</i> magazine.

[yardwork]

38. VOA is strongly tied to the CIA.

If this is true then it is one more example of the CIA and related agencies turning on Cheney and pals.

[Tellurian]

44. YAY...RICO here we come!

Bush and Rummy are saddled with War Crimes against Humanity-

Now, the final piece to the puzzle falls in place...

RACKETEERING!

[struggle4progress]

45. The Paper Trail

Did Cheney Okay a Deal?

Vice President Dick Cheney was a guest on NBC's Meet the Press last September when host Tim Russert brought up Halliburton. Citing the company's role in rebuilding Iraq as well as Cheney's prior service as Halliburton's CEO, Russert asked, "Were you involved in any way in the awarding of those contracts?" Cheney's reply: "Of course not, Tim ... And as Vice President, I have absolutely no influence of, involvement of, knowledge of in any way, shape or form of contracts led by the Corps of Engineers or anybody else in the Federal Government."

Cheney's relationship with Halliburton has been nothing but trouble since he left the company in 2000. Both he and the company say they have no ongoing connections. But TIME has obtained an internal Pentagon e-mail sent by an Army Corps of Engineers official—whose name was blacked out by the Pentagon—that raises questions about Cheney's arm's-length policy toward his old employer. Dated March 5, 2003, the e-mail says "action" on a multibillion-dollar Halliburton contract was "coordinated" with Cheney's office. The e-mail says Douglas Feith, a high-ranking Pentagon hawk, got the "authority to execute RIO," or Restore Iraqi Oil, from his boss, who is Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz. RIO is one of several large contracts the U.S. awarded to Halliburton last year.

The e-mail says Feith approved arrangements for the contract "contingent on informing WH tomorrow. We anticipate no issues since action has been coordinated w VP's office." Three days later, the Army Corps of Engineers gave Halliburton the contract, without seeking other bids. TIME located the e-mail among documents provided by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group.

Cheney spokesman Kevin Kellems says the Vice President "has played no role whatsoever in government-contract decisions involving Halliburton" since 2000. A Pentagon spokesman says the e-mail means merely that "in anticipation of controversy over the award of a sole-source contract to Halliburton, we wanted to give the Vice President's staff a heads-up."
<snip>

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040607-644111,00.html

This was probably posted earlier but I couldn't find it.

Good heavens! Reading the email, the DoD testimony (cited in Waxman's letter), and the statements from Cheney's office creates a strong impression that some folks are lying their sorry little butts off.

[Moderator]

46. I think this is the same story as being reported elsewhere

Here, for example.

If VOA decides it's really something different, and they put it in writing, feel free to repost.