New news is filtering about about Halliburton's bribery scheme in Nigeria --- something that partially occurred while Cheney was CEO.
The Cheney record at Halliburton: bribery in Nigeria (over $100 MILLION), evading U.S. sanctions to do business with Iran and Iraq, and shady accounting practices, to name a few of his "accomplishments".
How Cheney's firm routed $132m to Nigeria via Tottenham lawyer
By Solomon Hughes and Jason Nisse
03 October 2004
A lawyer, based in offices in a run-down part of north London, worked with three British executives from the US construc- tion group Halliburton to pay at least $132m (£73m) in "unjustified" fees to contacts in Nigeria.
These payments, many of which occurred when Halliburton was being run by Dick Cheney, now the American Vice-President, helped a consortium including the US group to win a $12bn contract to build a gas terminal at Bonny Island in Nigeria.
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How Officials Benefitted from Halliburton Bribery Scandal - Investigation
Daily Champion (Lagos)
ANALYSIS
September 30, 2004
Posted to the web September 30, 2004
Achilleus Uchegbu
Lagos
DETAILS are beginning to emerge about the identities of Nigerian government officials who benefited from the Halliburton bribery scandal over contracts for the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, (NLNG), Limited project.
French investigators probing the bribery scandal have unearthed correspondence suggesting that Halliburton's chief negotiator, Jeffrey Tesler, a lawyer, discussed the transfer of $40 million allegedly in bribes to a former Nigerian leader.
Though the investigators have not yet got a lead into whether the money was actually paid and how they were however, told that a former Nigeria oil minister had a fair share of the deal.
A Shell technical adviser on the project, Mr. Michael Walson told the investigators the said ex-minister asked at every meeting "for something."
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Halliburton paid bribes during Cheney's reign, say investigators
1 Oct. 2004
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The Nigerian parliament issued an interim report on its investigation of allegations that Halliburton's KBR subsidiary, along with three other companies, bribed government officials during the period when U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was CEO. The parliament's report was released Sept. 1. Read the report here. (Note: the report is formatted in Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal provided a well-researched report on the scandal.
The Nigerian parliament's report requests the testimony of Halliburton's current CEO, David Lesar, who was Cheney's number two man when a good portion of the bribes allegedly took place. Investigators in France believe $180 million in bribes were disbursed to Nigerian officials between 1995 and 2002. Cheney was chief executive of Halliburton from 1995 to 2000, but his role in the case, if any, is still unclear. The purpose of the bribes was to entice Nigeria's government officials to award an $8 billion construction contract to a partnership known as "TSKJ," of which Halliburton's KBR subsidiary owns 25 percent.
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More background at The New Yorker Contract Sport, Tug's Diary of Sept 2, 2004, Halliburton Watch, Center for American Progress No Oversight, No Shame and Center for American Progress Investigating Halliburton.