Check this out:
KBR pleads guilty in Nigerian bribery scheme
By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press Writer – Wed Feb 11, 8:10 pm ET
HOUSTON – A former Halliburton Co. subsidiary pleaded guilty Wednesday to bribing Nigerian officials to obtain contracts valued at more than $6 billion.
Kellogg, Brown & Root LLC pleaded guilty to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by authorizing and paying bribes from 1995 to 2004 for contracts to build liquefied natural gas facilities on Bonny Island, Nigeria.
More here as well.
Who exactly is surprised by this?
KBR's legact of misdeeds goes back to Vietnam, and its ties to Cheney are of course well documented.
Short diary, but I had not seen it covered here.