Hi all, This might only stay up for today, Oct. 25, 2000), but I thought it interesting., Peace, Preston http://www.american-politics.com/todaysdailycomment.html Here's the opening of the story as it appeared in the Los Angeles Times: Criminal Probe Targets Halliburton Subsidiary Inquiry: Company once overseen by Cheney is being investigated by U.S. for alleged overbilling during its role in conversion of Ft. Ord. Firm denies wrongdoing. By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON--A company overseen by Republican vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney until four months ago is under criminal investigation for allegedly defrauding the federal government out of millions of dollars in the closure of the Ft. Ord military base. The probe appears to have been triggered by a former Brown & Root Services Corp. manager who filed a whistle-blower lawsuit alleging that the engineering company billed the government for high-quality goods but substituted lesser-quality materials in its Northern California work. The employee has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors to appear before a grand jury on the matter as early as Nov. 2, just days before the election, according to his attorney. More subpoenas are expected. Now, fair is fair here. I don't really want to see Dick Cheney and Halliburton broken on the wheel. I'd just like to see them both undergo the same type of excessively thorough, total-body-cavity-search type of probing that the Clinton-Gore team has had to put up with these last eight years. The Clintons and Al Gore have come away clean from each of their probes. Could the same be said of Dick Cheney, should he get the 'black president' treatment? ========================================================= Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed. *** COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107 doctrine of international copyright law, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed prior interest in receiving this info for nonprofit research and educational purposes only. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml *** -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> <FONT COLOR="#000099">eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! </FONT><A HREF="http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/16/_/475667/_/972503058/"><B>Click Here!</B></A> ---------------------------------------------------------------------_->
