Halliburton's Work in Iran Stirs Democrats

[fearnobush]

Halliburton's Work in Iran Stirs Democrats

By Robert O'Harrow Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 21, 2004; Page E01


Democrats who have been hammering away at Halliburton Co. and its former chief executive Dick Cheney about the company's work in Iraq yesterday added Iran to their list of complaints.

In a telephone press conference, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) said he found it "unconscionable" that a Halliburton subsidiary appeared to be doing business with a country tied to terrorist activities at a time Cheney was Halliburton's chief executive.

The press conference, organized by the presidential campaign of Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), came one day after Halliburton disclosed that a federal prosecutor had subpoenaed documents as part of an investigation of whether a Halliburton subsidiary violated anti-terror sanctions on Iran. "This is such an outrageous bit of news," Lautenberg said.

In a filing with federal regulators Monday, Halliburton disclosed that the three-year-old investigation had escalated from an inquiry by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control to a criminal investigation by the Justice Department.

Such cases are referred to Justice only when there is evidence "intentional or willful" violations have occurred, government officials said.

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[Justitia]

1. I'm sure Ashcroft will get right on this....

....as soon as he is done ripping Sandy Berger to shreds over his sloppy work habits.
Now THAT is a priority!

[Tellurian]

13. And sanitizing the 911 investigation...

Halliburton should be selling soap...

[gratuitous]

2. Wave your magic "privilege" wand, Crashcart

Make the bad charges disappear. Yeah, Crisco Johnny's "Justice" Department will really get on this. Right after they find the anthrax killer.

[Democat]

3. Bush will investigate himself and find nothing wrong - move on already!

Nothing to see here. Bush didn't do anything wrong, just ask him.

[stickdog]

4. You profiteer Iraq, I profiteer Iran. Let's call the whole thing off! (nt)

[BlueEyedSon]

5. Halliburton's Work in Iran Stirs PATRIOTS

Since when is treason a partisan issue?

[yardwork]

6. The Democrats are shocked - shocked! - that this happened!

Where have you been, guys?

Halliburton's work habits were there for all to see, since before the 2000 election was a glint in Cheney's eye.

If ordinary Americans such as myself knew this along, how come you senators and congressmen were totally in the dark?

[shockingelk]

7. fact is

Halliburton and Cheney did do business with Iran. They don't deny it. Even if legal, it is yet another notch against Cheney.

Here's a UPI report from 2001 about the Iraq vs Iran thing - perhaps good for right-wing family members: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/6/24/80648.shtml

[Tellurian]

12. Newsmax...interesting though..

Look who's Cheney's counselor...

"If he "was ever in a conversation or meeting where there was a question of pursuing a project with someone in Iraq, he said, 'No,' " Mary Matalin, Cheney's counselor, said."

"In a joint venture, he would not have reviewed all their existing contracts," Matalin told the Post. "The nature of those joint ventures was that they had a separate governing structure, so he had no control over them."

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/6/24/80648.shtml

[struggle4progress]

8. kick

:kick:

[Disturbed]

9. Cheney is scum!

I believe that Cheney is a War Criminal and a traitor of the USA. Of course he will get away with it.

[bagnana]

10. didn't Halliburton do business with Iraq as well?

Of course, through a foreign-owned subsidiary?

[wishlist]

11. Sen Lautenberg held Senate hearings on this 5 months ago- on CSPAN

but it got zero traction and virtually no media coverage whatsoever because it was strictly Democrats conducting the hearing. In the hearing he explained how the Cayman Islands 'unit' was a phony setup- just a mailing address but with no physical office or personnel at all and the dealings with Iran were really conducted through Halliburton's Texas office.

Lautenberg also pointed out that Cheney had lied about his deferred payments from Halliburton. At the same hearing former Halliburton employees testified about the outrageous cost overruns and wasteful spending going on by Halliburton in Iraq. Sen. Lautenberg talked about how unpatriotic the war profiteering was and how in the time of FDR it would not be tolerated. He was very frustrated that he could not get the Repubs to look into the improprieties/illegalities and take any action.