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Halliburton scandal { May 8 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * ipa@accuracy.org Institute for Public Accuracy 915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * ipa@accuracy.org ___________________________________________________ Thursday, May 8, 2003 Interviews Available * Halliburton: Scandal or Small Potatoes? PRATAP CHATTERJEE, pchatterjee@igc.org, http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=6008 Chatterjee is the author of the recent articles "Halliburton Makes a Killing on Iraq War" and "Cheney's Close Ties to Brown and Root." He said today: "The Cheney-Halliburton story is the classic military-industrial revolving door tale. As head of the Pentagon under George Bush senior, Cheney helped privatize army work on U.S. military bases to Halliburton. In 1995, after Cheney became the CEO of Halliburton, the company jumped from 73rd to 18th on the Pentagon's list of top contractors. Cheney had brought with him a trusty Rolodex ... Cheney continues to receive as much as $180,000 a year in deferred compensation from Halliburton while the company continues to rack up contracts for oil services, construction and military support services -- a triple-header of wartime spoils. Now Cheney's office has repeatedly misrepresented facts regarding his relationships with Halliburton -- for example, claiming that he did not meet with Halliburton prior to the invasion of Iraq; yet last October his staff did meet with Halliburton and other oil multinationals to plan the takeover of the oilfields. All of this might be legal, but then so was slavery. It is at the very least a conflict of interest and an ethical conflict, but most of all it is corruption in the highest offices of the land." CHARLIE CRAY, ccray@citizenworks.org, http://www.citizenworks.org/corp/halliburton.php Director of the Campaign for Corporate Reform for the group Citizen Works, Cray said today: "Rep. Waxman has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to explain why they have given Halliburton a contract that includes 'operation' of the oil fields and 'distribution' of Iraqi oil for a time period that could extend into 2004. The administration made repeated assurances before and during the war that Iraq's oil belongs to the Iraqi people, but with the administration appointing Iraqi exiles as front-office figureheads and Halliburton apparently running the show behind the scenes -- long past the stage where fires had to be put out and production facilities secured -- it is not clear where Halliburton's role ends and Iraqi self-determination begins." For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy: Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167

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