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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:21 PM
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Here's some GOOD NEWS for a change
Nigeria files bribery charges against Dick Cheney

Nigeria has filed charges against former US Vice-President Dick Cheney over a scandal involving a former subsidiary of Halliburton energy firm.

The case, brought by the country's anti-corruption agency, centres on engineering firm KBR, which admitted bribing officials.

Mr Cheney's lawyer has called the allegations "entirely baseless"...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it had filed 16 charges against Mr Cheney, Halliburton Chief Executive David Lesar, and two other executives.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11943192
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:24 PM
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1. They'll have to convict him in absentia because, while our Justice Dept concentrates on Assange,
the Obama admin will not allow Cheney to faces the charges against him.

That's just the way the Obama administration is.

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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:42 PM
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11. Don't be hasty to make that judgment. check this out:
"KBR last year pleaded guilty to paying $180m (£115m) in bribes to Nigerian officials prior to 2007, when it was a subsidiary of Halliburton. The firm agreed to pay $579m (£372m) in fines related to the case in the US."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11943192
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:25 PM
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2. Nothing will happen to that War Criminal in this Life
I For One will live long enough to see him die and I will live long enough to PISS on his grave
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:27 PM
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4. True, but at least they made the effort
unlike some political leaders I can think of.

:headbang:
rocktivity
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:34 PM
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9. Yes he did get out of bed in the morning
Edited on Tue Dec-07-10 08:34 PM by saigon68
You are Right
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:27 PM
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6. Don't do that! He's not worth a piss
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:33 PM
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8. I do however Drink a lot of Beer
And coming from Wisconsin we have to give a Golden Shower to Pukes like him
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 12:34 AM
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14. This is a golden moment
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:25 PM
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3. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!
:woohoo:
rocktivity
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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:27 PM
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5. k&r for good news! nt
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:57 PM
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13. Thanks. I hope DU readers will KEEP IT KICKED, so everyone can enjoy it
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:29 PM
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7. Would you like fries with that good news?? Check it.
Edited on Tue Dec-07-10 08:32 PM by HysteryDiagnosis
I never woulda thunk it in a million years.

More at link: http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2010/08/david_eller_jeb_bush_stimulus_project_mwi_deerfield.php

MWI will be supplying water pumps and motors for a dam improvement project in Red Bluff, California. It's a Department of Interior stimulus project, touted as a feel-good environmental boon, easing water passage for salmon and sturgeon. Eller says his company had to submit a competitive bid to win the contract.

Yet MWI's track record with such high-profile government projects is less-than-stellar.

In 2006, during the government's rush to protect New Orleans from the first hurricane season after Katrina, MWI provided flood-control pumps that the Army Corps of Engineers found to be defective. A corps engineer warned that the pumps would fail if a storm hit, according to the Associated Press. The equipment, which MWI provided under a $26.6 million contract, had to be removed and overhauled.

Meanwhile, the U.S Department of Justice has had a years-long feud with MWI. In 2002, after a lengthy FBI investigation, the feds filed a lawsuit raising questions about a deal in which Nigeria bought equipment from MWI using $74 million in loans from the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The suit accused the company of making improper payments to Nigerian officials and alleged that Eller was flying with suitcases full of cash to the Bahamas and Grand Cayman to hide assets.
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:35 PM
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10. Yes, please make it a large order of fries. nice kick! thanks for the addition
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 08:56 PM
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12. Does Nigeria have a secret ops that can steal the creep in the
dead of night and take him to the justice he deserves?
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:32 AM
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16. naa he's too well protected
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 12:37 AM
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15. The very thought of Cheney in a Nigerian prison just gives me the
warm fuzzies, all over my body! :rofl:
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 01:37 PM
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18. me too
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demwing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 06:45 AM
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17. To trick him into vising Nigeria, I hear they sent Cheney an email
Telling him that he is the last living heir to the vast fortune of a deceased Nigerian Civil Servant. All he needs to do is show up at the Nigerian border in person, and provide his bank account details.

What...It could work...
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 01:41 PM
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19. What ...You think laws apply to scum
The US is protecting him
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