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.
Me either and believe you me I will be the first one to hang them out to dry in the sun.. I never cared for Dubya anyway.
BUT, the timing looks bad.. It looks real bad and Klayman is hurting us here..
Let's talk about what a jerk Cheney may or may not be AFTER the election.. Shall we?
Really? To this observer it appears he always shows up with a helping hand.....
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Posted by Fred Mertz to FreedominJesusChrist
On News/Activism Jul 8 11:04 PM #55 of 102
You mispelt publicly;^)
Why doesn't howling respond to my replies. I'm feeling so neglected.
p.s. Don't reveal anything about yourself. Let your words stand or fall on their own."
Me too, I always want the truth.. Irregardless.
However, Klayman has become like Debka or News Max..
You just automatically discount what he says..
Sorry..
On the other hand, could it just be that we are both JW supporters and naturally just comment on the same threads? Not everything has to be a big conspiracy.
News flash!!! Clinton is no longer in office!!!
As for Tom and the Dems, Larry has failed to issue a single press release critical of what could be the nearest and dearest issue to Judicial Watch's heart, the Democrat's refusal to even hold hearings on Bush's Federal bench nominations. They consider these judges "too conservative" to even hold hearings.
Imagine that! Larry, whose entire excuse repertoir has always been centered around "Clinton appointed judges" doesn't concern himself with a GLARING bit of government corruption in the part of Tom Daschle.
Why not?
I am going to try and make it to the press conference, I don't know that I can, but Larry has an open invitation to appear on my show anytime he wants to, I told him as much personally.
He won't.
I know what you mean, though - I thought basically the same thing when I saw that pic! :)
I, on the other hand, feel that if there is corruption within Judicial Watch, I would like to see it come to light, rather than bury it behind what we would like to believe.
And I will wade through all the flames.. all the snipes and tell everyone you are right.. Just before FReepers find my house and burn it with me inside.
Till then you have a "lawsuit" (one of many, BTW) and nothing else but wild accusations.
Why not?
I think that is an excellent question. I'd like to know the answer to it.
I didn't know that being "bitchy" was a male trait.
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