Posted on 07/09/2002 4:44:40 PM PDT by Paul_E_Ester
(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.
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BTW.....where do you keep your horse and suit of shining armor? Bwahahahahahaha !!!!!!!
Don't have clue! (Well, I have a wild hunch, but that's worthless). Why, am I supposed to know that?
Please, I hope this isn't one of those circuitous arguments that is similar to someone telling the police they shouldn't be suspicious that somone gunned down was mudered simply because they don't have a suspect. If so, tell me now, because time is too precious to waste on discussions at that inane level, and I'm about to spend some precious time gathering and collating info.
Unless you want the thread to be about you, why don't you just drop it? Warning: if you want the thread to be about you, can't necessarily expect everyone to post All Good Things.
Ever listen to Carly Simon songs?
Last I heard he kept them under your GP large tent dress.
BWAAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!
Actually I"m sure there are a few here that would like to see the docket sheets posted on some of these "eww" suits. The filing gets a big fanfare with a press release using a quote or two and very little again except for some motion rulings, maybe. So to really see what the status of the 90 plus suits are would be interesting.... The Court Dockets would be the route to go.
Night and have a good one......
Stop it or I will use your tactic of boo-hooing and complain about it.
everyone else, g'night ...
Oh, I see...that's why the remarks about my weight were relevant.
BTW, if those of us who take offense at criticism being leveled at Bush are "Bush cheerleaders", what do you call all you guys who can't take any criticism being leveled at Larry?
Maybe not to you.
You have no place telling me what to do. If he wants to act like someone's knight in shining armor when he butted in out of nowhere, he 'll have to be big enough to be made fun of. Get off your holier-than-everyone-else kick.
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