[Lady In Blue]

Please do not ask me for a copy of this article since I did not clip it at the time.

I most certainly would like to see that article before I believe anything like that! The SEC investigated this case.I'll take their word before any WSJ article, thank you very much!

[deport]

Harken was awarded a contract to drill some well for the Bahrainis about the time that they bought Spectrum7. President Bush was given some stock for his holdings in Spec7 and a position on the BOD at Harken. Nothing new about all that. The Harken stock was in a long slow decline at that time if anyone wants to go look at the graphs.

I think I prolly have some articles marked somewhere that will mention the Bahrain deal. But that has never been the real controversy, it's always been the "insider trading" when he sold his stock and liquidated his loan with the Midland Bank that he had gotten when he bought his share of the Texas Rangers.

[Lee_Atwater]

Don't count on any evidence to back up these outrageous claims. Most of his(or her) posts are about some supposed "corrupt bargain" between the President's father and Bahrain for the benefit of Harken Energy - claims completely with no merit.

[NoLongerLurker]

...Please do not ask me for a copy of this article since I did not clip it at the time...

I'm not BSing about the Bahrainis' role. It was the entire reason Bush sold his stock when he did. The announcement of the off shore drilling contract had boosted the price of Harken shares.

The whole thing was a scam from beginning to end designed to put money in the pocket of President Bush's kid. In the end, the wells never even got drilled because there wasn't enough oil there to make it worth while.

The sale of the Harken shares was done legally, so there wouldn't have been an SEC problem. It was what preceded the sale that was irregular. By the way, are you naive enough to believe that the SEC would go after the President's son even if the sale had been irregular?