Army Changes Halliburton Repsonse

[jpak]

Army Changes Halliburton Repsonse

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-exec/2004/feb/09/020907725.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Army engineering officials have changed their response to price gouging allegations against Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, acknowledging they alone awarded Halliburton new business in Iraq after initially suggesting experts from other agencies played an important role.

The Army Corps of Engineers told The Associated Press that the Corps - not an evaluation team cited on its Internet site - chose Halliburton for a contract worth up to $1.2 billion. The Corps is refusing to release records showing on what merits it made the decision.

Two of the evaluation team members, the Air Force and the Small Business Administration, said they were not even part of the group and shouldn't have been listed at all.

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[arcane1]

1. "The Corps is refusing to release records..."

imagine THAT :eyes:

[schultzee]

5. Corruption so pervasive that no one is even trying to hide that

they are hiding information, from the corrupt President on down. We are just like Mexico and Latin America now, where public officials use their posts to rob the rest of the country.

[dw]

6. Oh, they're trying to hide it all right...

... that's what the stonewalling is all about. That and righteous indignation are the last refuge of these scoundrels.*

*My apologies to all scoundrels if I've impugned your reputation.

[lebkuchen]

2. Who's the bigger asshole in this scenario?

Halliburton or Army Corp?

They're both assholes, but somebody has to be Numero Uno.

[0007]

3. Dickie baby sez if ya wanna keep your job and live a healthy life..

ya better catch a dummy.

We all know junior isn't gonna speak up and bitch slap Dick Cheney.

[saigon68]

4. Dick's the Man

He's the real deal---the REAL "El Presidente"

The drooling "AWOL CHIMPANZEE" is just the Lap Dog.

[PaDUer]

8. I've been saying that

for a long time.

[salin]

7. Halliburton - soon to be known as one of the least US based corps.