Bribery Considered, Halliburton Notes Suggest

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By Robert O'Harrow Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 3, 2004; Page E03

An internal Halliburton Co. investigation has uncovered handwritten notes suggesting that former employees considered offering bribes to Nigerian officials a decade ago to secure work in a $5 billion project to build a natural gas liquefaction plant.

The notes appear to record conversations among the former employees and their partners in a consortium called TSKJ, formed in the early 1990s to pursue work on Nigeria's Bonny Island project, an official of the Houston energy services company said yesterday. That consortium includes a company that became part of Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root Inc.


Wendy Hall, a Halliburton spokeswoman, said the notes show the consortium partners were discussing the possibility of bribes. But she said there's no evidence yet that any money exchanged hands.

Hall said almost all the documents date to before 1998, when Halliburton merged with Dresser Industries Inc. and acquired M.W. Kellogg Co. and the subsidiary involved in the Nigerian project. KBR was formed by the merger of that Dresser subsidiary with Halliburton's Brown and Root.

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[Demeter]

1. YAWN. How about some REAL News?

What's Kobe going to do now? Are the Bush twins dating anyone? Has Laura be Stepfordized yet?

[truthisfreedom]

2. god, is there any news on michael jackson? oh, wait, it's his bedtime.

the big hand is on the little hand.

[struggle4progress]

3. kick

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[Dem2theMax]

4. Surprise!

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I can't believe she actually admitted to this - "Wendy Hall, a Halliburton spokeswoman, said the notes show the consortium partners were discussing the possibility of bribes. But she said there's no evidence yet that any money exchanged hands."

I really like that 'yet' part. :evilgrin:

[Judi Lynn]

5. Considering her level of responsibility, it seems she's not up to the job.

She appears to have only the vaguest grasp of the situation! I'll bet she could use some help from DU'ers in filling in the picture:

Vice President Cheney was Halliburton's chief executive at the time of the merger. Hall said there is no indication Cheney was aware of the apparent bribery scheme.

On edit:

Adding a Cheney Halloween mask.