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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 10:13 AM
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Judicial Watch Obtains Documents from Army Related to Halliburton...

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=67590

Judicial Watch Obtains Documents from Army Related to Halliburton Subsidiary's No-Bid Iraq Contract

WASHINGTON, June 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that the Department of the Army, per order of U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, has released to Judicial Watch approximately 100 pages of documents which detail the multi-billion dollar, no-bid contract awarded in 2003 by the Army to Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), a subsidiary of Halliburton Co. One document uncovered by Judicial Watch suggests the United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) may have publicly lied regarding the involvement of the Vice President's office in awarding the contract.

In an email dated April 22, 2003, Carol Sanders of the USACE, writes, "Mr. Robert Andersen, Chief Counsel, USACE, participated in a 60 Minutes interview today in New York regarding the sole source award of the oil response contract to Kellogg, Brown and Root….Mr. Andersen…was able to make many of the points we had planned." Sanders subsequently provided sound bites from the interview, including, "There was no contact whatsoever (with the VP office)."

This directly contradicts another email uncovered by Judicial Watch in 2004. The email, dated March 5, 2003, sent by an official of the Army Corps of Engineers whose name was redacted, stated, "We anticipate no issue (with the KBR deal) since the action has been coordinated w VP's office."

The newly released documents also prove the Department of the Army abused the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process by improperly invoking exemptions. One document, for example, includes a frank admission by an Army Corps of Engineer official: "I am copying you on this crap since I honestly believe the competitive procurement will never happen." The Army attempted to withhold this embarrassing document even though no appropriate exemption applied. It took the intervention of a federal district judge to force the Army to release the document.

...

To read the documents obtained by Judicial Watch, visit http://www.judicialwatch.org.
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 10:21 AM
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1. Army Corp of Engineers may have publicly lied re Cheney involvement
:banghead:

$420 Billion later....

I hate this crap :mad:
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 10:22 AM
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2. I AM SHOCKED I TELL YOU..SHOCKED..K&R..N/T
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 10:25 AM
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3. Well, it's nice that they're getting some documents that back
up what we've known all along. The fix was in from the get-go.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 10:25 AM
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4. this doesn't implicate Rove dammit!
I want that slimy shit to wash down the toilet.
:grr:

This is great to know that Heartless is going to go down, but Turdblossomm needs a flush.
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faithnotgreed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 10:33 AM
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5. kick and recommend
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 10:35 AM
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6. Ahhh. Reminds me of the 'ole Cam Rahn Bay dredging days.....
Dontcha just love the smell of napalm in the mornings ?
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 10:58 AM
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7. page 18 shows initial date of contract at Nov 11, 2002
and a later date of February 14, 2003

:nuke:
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 12:00 PM
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8. The contract given on Nov 11, 2002 was what they were calling
a "bridging" contract and it was for 1.9 million initially and then, in February 14,2003, they awarded KBR (Haliburton)a further 37.5 million contract, supposedly still part of the "bridging" contract.

I didn't see anywhere in the released documents where they actually held an open bid process for the contract. It seems they simply left it with BKR permanently.

They also show their defense of the no-bid contract on pdf page #20 and the letter from Carl Levin on pdf page #10 is interesting as it is dated May 14, 2003, 3 months after KBR received the 37.5 million contract.

I wonder if he ever received a response on this?
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:43 PM
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11. interesting ain't it
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lyonn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 01:05 PM
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9. Dumb question, why can Judicial Watch and others
get this info but our Democrats on the hill can't or don't try? This question has always bothered me.
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SixStrings Donating Member (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 02:07 PM
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10.  Because they're all on the take? Why else? What other

answer fits? Every last one of them is bought and paid for. Democrat, Republican, they are all the same and all work towards the same goal - More power, more wealth, more control, and the end of the middle class. These elections are nothing more than a smoke screen to calm the masses, give us hope that things might/could change. Utter bullshit.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:46 PM
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12. RawStory: Newly released emails suggest Army Corps lied about Cheney role
Think this will get any coverage? FOIA request from Judicial Watch documents Cheney's connection to Hallibuton no-bid contracts:

Avery Walker
Published: Thursday June 15, 2006

New documents obtained by a conservative watchdog group suggest that the US Army Corp of Engineers may have publicly lied regarding the involvement of the Vice President's office in awarding a 2003 multi-billion dollar, no-bid contract to Kellogg Brown and Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, RAW STORY has learned.

RAW STORY has obtained a copy of the emails, which were acquired by the government watchdog group Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act.

The newly released emails show the Army Corps attempting to deflect attention from Cheney's office by distributing talking points that would mask Cheney's purported role. The Corps could not immediately be reached for comment.

Among the 100 pages of newly-obtained documents is an 2003 email in which Army Corps official Carol Sanders writes, "Mr. Robert Andersen, Chief Counsel, USACE, participated in a 60 Minutes interview today in New York regarding the sole source award of the oil response contract to Kellogg, Brown and Root... was able to make many of the points we had planned."

Read the rest at:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Documents_suggest_Army_lied_about_Cheney_0615.html
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peacebird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:46 PM
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13. it ain't illegal if Repukes do it, it will be played as patriotic
- cutting through unneeded red tape and buuuu-acracy.....
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:46 PM
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14. I was surprised this hadn't been posted yet -- at least I didn't see it
Usually by the time I see something, there's a long thread on it!
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peacebird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:46 PM
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15. sad to say - I wasn't suprised when I read it....
Cheney?!?! Steering lucrative contracts to his buddies and trying to cover it up?!?!? Noooooo....

:eyes:
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:46 PM
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16. I wasn't surprised at all
I was more surprised that it's actually seeing the light of day. None of it is a surprise to anyone here.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:46 PM
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17. "...it will be played as patriotic"
After all, these contracts could have gone to foreign companies.

Go Cheney! Go Halliburton! Go USA! :patriot:
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peacebird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 04:20 PM
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20. these contracts COULD have gone to unemployed Iraqi citizens!
Woo-hoo! Now THAT could've killed two birds with one stone - reconstruction AND decrease unemployment!

Decrease unemployment and Iraqi's can feed family.... Families get fed, people have work... less interest in joining insurgency!


whoa...! Nah - THAT would never do, Halliburton's profits might fall to their PRE9/11 numbers - back when they were in the RED.


FAR BETTER the "red" is BLOOD, and the profits remain in the black.

:grr:
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:46 PM
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18. corruption and cronyism is the neo- 'merican ethos
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ima_sinnic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-15-06 03:46 PM
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19. much more newsworthy would be a report that something they said
was actually the truth.

Can anybody think of a single instance of TRUTH with this "administration"? I defy lurking fweepers to get brave and give it your best shot. Cause I sure can't think of anything, nothing at all.
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