Halliburton Exposed: Dick’s Dirty Little Secrets
A new Book is out by Pratap Chaterjee exposing Cheney’s dirty little Halliburton secrets, including:
• The network of kickbacks, bribes and fraud involving employees and subcontractors of Halliburton/KBR in Kuwait and Iraq.
• The inordinate number of no-bid government contracts that Halliburton/KBR has secured.
• How Halliburton/KBR botched the repair of Iraq’s oil fields using Iraq’s own money.
• The role Halliburton/KBR’s negligence has played in the deaths of American civilians and foreign workers, and the company’s subsequent refusal to acknowledge responsibility.
• The “human trafficking” that Halliburton/KBR subcontractors use to lure foreign workers to Iraq with false promises.
• Labor exploitation and an unofficial “caste system” perpetrated by Halliburton/KBR and its subcontractors, with sliding pay scales based on workers’ nationalities.
• Free-flowing alcohol among high-level Halliburton/KBR executives in Muslim countries with strict legal prohibitions against these vices.
• How U.S. government employees and military personnel have been disgraced and demoted when daring to blow the whistle on Halliburton/KBR’s questionable practices and accounting.
• Halliburton/KBR’s dealings with corrupt subcontractors and others with questionable reputations.
• The squandering of U.S. taxpayers’ money through gross overcharges on the part of Halliburton/KBR and its subcontractors.When Dick Cheney was inaugurated as Vice President of the United States in January 2001, the shares of his former employer were beginning a long slide from a healthy $40 per share to $10 a share a year later. By January 2006, thanks to the company’s profits from the “war on terror,” Halliburton’s stock had skyrocketed to a historic high of $80 per share. As Pratap Chatterjee demonstrates, the company’s fortunes are irrevocably linked to the war in Iraq. And even as it answers its critics and faces government audits, Halliburton/KBR continues to be the predominant U.S. government contractor in the Iraq.
It is recommended by CorpWatch.org so that’s a pretty good endorsement ot me.
This man is evil. Soulless. Inhuman.
And the sore losers from over three months ago are still trying to rake muck over past TAX crap from Obama people.
The Halliburton issues are criminal, involve criminal negligence, slander, and misappropriation of massive funds.
He deserves to spend the rest of his miserable life in a 6 x 6 cell, preferably in Iraq. Let the Iraqi people decide what to do with him.
Reply: Or Guantanamo. Daschle and Palin did the same thing, he used a car and she didn’t declare travel. What’s the difference? There isn’t any.
skyewriter
February 8, 2009 at 10:47 pm
I agree with skyewriter. I’m about to start reading the book “Angler” on Cheney. Should be an interesting read. I’ll put this one on my list to read, too. Cheney really does belong in a prison…maybe one of those in Eygpt or Afghanistan or some other country where he had innocent taxi drivers or shepherds sent and tortured.
Reply: LOL. I like your humor. I was thinking about buying Angler. please let me know what you think. I am reading What Happened right now and the Dark Side next.
AustinTXGal
February 9, 2009 at 10:51 pm
I agree with skyewriter. This sounds like an interesting read. Cheney really does belong in a prison…maybe like the ones he had people renditioned to in Afghanistan or Egypt to be tortured.
AustinTXGal
February 9, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Dark Side by Jane Mayer is one of the best books I’ve ever read and one that truly opened my eyes. I heard her speak in Austin the weekend before the election at the Texas Book Festival and I knew I had to buy her book. Every American should read it. You’ll be wondering why Bush wasn’t impeached.
Reply: That’s my next book, right after McClelland’s “What happened.”
AustinTXGal
February 11, 2009 at 11:05 pm