VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY SUED PERSONALLY FOR ALLEGED STOCK FRAUD(By Judicial Watch)

Judicial Watch ^ | 7/10/02 | Judicial Watch

[Paul_E_Ester]

VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY SUED PERSONALLY FOR ALLEGED STOCK FRAUD

Alleged Fraudulent Accounting Practices Occurred At Halliburton

PRESS CONFERENCE
Date: July 10, 2002
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Location: Sheraton Hotel Parlor 1, 495 Brickell Ave Miami, FL

(Washington, D.C.) Judicial Watch, the group that investigates and prosecutes corruption by government officials, announced today that it is filing a shareholders suit in Dallas, Texas, against Vice President Dick Cheney and the other involved directors of Halliburton, as well as Halliburton itself, for alleged fraudulent accounting practices which resulted in the overvaluation of the company’s shares, thereby deceiving investors and others.

The suit comes one day after President George W. Bush, who himself is enmeshed in allegations of insider trading when he was an executive, who sat on the audit committee of Harken Energy Company, announced a “plan” to crack down on corporate fraud. Ironically, it would appear that the President’s rush to propose more regulation of private industry is intended to deflect attention away from his and his Vice President’s own alleged improper business practices. President Bush has maintained that he was cleared by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Others have countered that the head of the agency was then an appointee of his father, President George H.W.Bush.

President Clinton and the Democratic Party used a similar gambit when they were caught taking money illegally from foreign donors, including the Communist Chinese. Instead of prosecuting vigorously the Clintons and other guilty politicians, new campaign finance laws were proposed to deflect attention away from alleged crimes.

“Whether it is the Enron, Arthur Andersen, Global Crossing, or now the Halliburton and Harken scandals, there is a dangerous intersection between politicians of all stripes, Democrat and Republican, attempting to feed at the trough of business greed. As is true of the Clinton scandals, the American people cannot look the other way just because the President and Vice President are allegedly involved. Indeed, Judicial Watch has already sued Democrat and Republican officials in the Enron and Global Crossing scandals. To look the other way for the Vice President would be to set a precedent that the Washington elite are above the law. This cannot be permitted if our democracy is to survive,” stated Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman.

In 1995 Halliburton was prosecuted and forced to plead guilty to trading with Libya, a terrorist state on the U.S. watch list.

A press conference will be held in Miami at 9:00 A.M. at the Sheraton Hotel at 495 Brickell Avenue to announce and detail this suit.

[FreedominJesusChrist]

Daughter's comments deserved to be criticized.

[connectthedots]

Larry Klayman has finally caused me to conclude that he is unable to make rational decisions regarding who has or has not violated the law. One would thin kthat Klayman has enought on his plate that his current clients would be better off if he would now simply work on litigating the cases he already has in the works.

[Texasforever]

Who cares what you think --

What's the matter Fred, can't handle a bit of give and take? You like to dish it out but get really uptight when challenged. I have watched the thread and have noticed that you like to hold the coats.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Well believe it. How do you think it would go over at the Liberty Post? I hear that there are no holds barred there.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Well gosh she has been following Klayman since she was 10. Maybe you could help instead.

[Registered]

You've run around like a chicken with its' head cut-off trying to start trouble in threads by screaming about it being Bush bashing. Get real.

[Miss Marple]

I hope you get your interview, or at least get to ask a couple of questions. Let us know what happens!

I'm calling it a night. Talk amongst yourselves!

[Jhoffa_]

No, I just did.. I always offer an objective opinion..

WHY DO YOU THINK I AM ALWAYS IN SO MUCH TROUBLE?

And, objectively.. It looks bad for Klayman..

The timing was especially bad.

HEY! It looks BAD. And people are asking questions.

Rightly so!

[FreedominJesusChrist]

I find that ridiculous because she assumes basic tenents about me that just aren't true.

Let's see yes, I played soccer in school, hmmm...I was even on prom court, student council, blah, blah, blah. I am quite normal, people just believe what they want to anyway.

[Betty Jo]

Ethel and I say GO LARRY! GO FRED!

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Daughter's comments deserved to be criticized.

Well, that is your opinion - interesting opinion it is, too, given your chosen moniker. That says a great deal. And by the way - when people you aren't engaged in dialog with jump on you, remember you said this.

[Registered]

Go the night before, I'll send you a twenty...as a donation to your cause ;-) You have a need, I'm sure us FReepers will rally to your cause!

[voa-davidk]

See that girl in the middle , next to this fella'. The body language on her face says all : " Get away you itsy golddigger ! I'm going to be his itsy goldigger ! " (LOL ) -voa -davidk

[FreedominJesusChrist]

There is probably a nice Motel 6 between there and your home. You wouldn't want to be late, now, would you?

[Fred Mertz]

GO Larry GO!!

Go Betty Jo GO!!

[kristinn]

I have had worse things written about me on FR than parodies. Much worse.

[stryker]

I wasn't here when Judicial Watch was suing Clinton, although I was receiving their literature and may have contributed. I don't recall. But my question is whether the majority of FReepers who are denigrating Judicial Watch now were of the same opinion then? Is this a Republican forum or a conservative forum? It often seems the former rather than the latter, and the Republicans are certainly no conservatives. The cases against Cheney, and even Bush, seem fairly strong. Yes, some Democrats have engaged in equally corrupt business dealings. But we should be searching for the truth in this forum no matter who the villain. Lately I seem to be replying only to people whose prejudices run so deep that they border on hatred, and such people cannot change their minds regardless of the persuasiveness of an argument. They can only resort to name calling and posting irrelevancies. I would hope that being conservative means loving both freedom and truth, second only to God.

[Texasforever]

Irony thy name is Registered.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

There is probably a nice Motel 6 between there and your home. You wouldn't want to be late, now, would you?

HEY. Did you miss Jim's post?

[TLBSHOW]

shocked I say