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[WillyT]

$500 Million to Keep Cheney Out of Jail?
By: emptywheel
Thursday December 9, 2010 7:24 am

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Apparently, Halliburton is in negotiations with the Nigerian government to craft a plea deal that would keep Dick Cheney out of jail. (h/t scribe)

Halliburton is planning to make a plea bargain in former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney’s corruption case, Nigerian officials told GlobalPost.

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Halliburton is in talks with Nigerian officials to make a plea bargain in the case, said Femi Babafemi, spokesman for Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the agency which has pressed the charges against Cheney.

“The companies are asking for a plea bargain, we are reviewing their request, we are talking with them, but we have not gone far with the talks yet,” Babafemi told GlobalPost.

Although Babafemi did not give further details, other sources within the agency said the plea bargain might involve a $500 million settlement.

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Cheney and three other top executives could face sentences of three years in a Nigerian prison if convicted of the charges in the 16-count indictment, said Babafemi.

$500 million or three years in Nigerian prison. I wonder how much he or his former employers would pay to avoid imprisonment on torture charges?

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Link: http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/12/09/500-million-to-keep-cheney-out-of-jail/

:banghead:

:wtf:

[gateley]

1. Wow - I thought he'd just blow them off. Who's his attorney - John Yoo? nt

[jtrockville]

2. Former AG Alberto Gonzales is still looking for work, no?

Maybe Cheney picked up Gonzales cheap.

[undeterred]

3. All Hail to Halliburton

[robinlynne]

4. kick

[Toucano]

5. A $500,000,000 permit fee is all that is.

The deal the bribed officials over was worth $6,000,000,000

Move along...nothing to see here.

[NoSheep]

6. I say send his ass to rot and give the $500 million to students who need to go to college

They'd rather pay huge sums to protect this criminal than see others get a decent education. That's just fucking amazing to me.

[aquart]

7. See what we missed by not indicting those bastards?

Could have paid off the national debt. Now THAT's taking hostages.

[hootinholler]

8. The irony

It hurts.

Bribing one's way out of bribery charges.

-Hoot