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VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY SUED PERSONALLY FOR ALLEGED STOCK FRAUD(By Judicial Watch)
Judicial Watch ^ | 7/10/02 | Judicial Watch

Posted on 07/09/2002 4:44:40 PM PDT by 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.


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To: stryker
You can take your own time to get the specifics, but that is the gist of what happened, and he has not denied it. He merely claims it's old news, like his partying which he refuses to answer questions on, at least regarding cocaine and marijuana.

Never post stoned. You will be embarrassed later.

721 posted on 07/09/2002 11:31:52 PM PDT by Texasforever
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To: stryker
He learned the "old news" trick from Clinton & Clinton.

You asked pointed questions of the administration, that is fair.

You can't mention coke and Bush in the same sentence. That will get you banned.

Hang in there. But, I'm afraid the net nannies have reported on you to the moderators by now.

Hang in there anyway.
722 posted on 07/09/2002 11:32:27 PM PDT by Fred Mertz
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To: agrandis
That image is lame. Did I really do that?
723 posted on 07/09/2002 11:33:06 PM PDT by Registered
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To: Howlin
Let's say half of it is true. What then?
724 posted on 07/09/2002 11:33:23 PM PDT by Fred Mertz
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To: Fred Mertz
It's total BS. And if you believe any of it, you haven't been paying attention at FR the last few days.
725 posted on 07/09/2002 11:35:17 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Fred Mertz
We're not the ones that hit abuse. Haven't you been to LP; they say over there who hits abuse the most!
726 posted on 07/09/2002 11:36:06 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Fred Mertz
Which half?
727 posted on 07/09/2002 11:36:11 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Registered; agrandis
lol!

goodnight, all. if nothing else, this has been entertaining. ;)
728 posted on 07/09/2002 11:36:16 PM PDT by christine
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To: Fred Mertz
The badge is there - click on "accessories." This is stupid! I can see selling a few trinkets, and pointing out that it's to bolster their funding, but this is asinine! If you have to resort to that kind of commercialism, you've lost, as far as I can tell!

I will be investigating JW. If they are imploding, it needs to be hastened, because they will do more harm than any good they have done thus far.

I guess you just have to do everything yourself in this world. It's time to take on the criminals running government from a guerilla direction.

729 posted on 07/09/2002 11:37:03 PM PDT by agrandis
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To: Registered
Yes, you did.

It WAS posted here: http://members.aol.com/registered/private/freep//twits.jpg

Knowing you, it probably isn't there now.

730 posted on 07/09/2002 11:37:13 PM PDT by Amelia
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To: christine11
Night darlin'! It HAS been entertaining! (Till I saw that online store at JW).
731 posted on 07/09/2002 11:38:12 PM PDT by agrandis
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To: Paul_E_Ester
Judicial Watch is a great group. They must feel certain he has been involved in something pretty bad.

I hate to see this, but if we wanted the demorats to come clean about comrade clinton, we have to be willing to deal with those on our side who blow it bad, too.

Is this why he's not made much of the press in awhile?

732 posted on 07/09/2002 11:39:00 PM PDT by SamBees
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To: agrandis
I need a few badges. Thanks.
733 posted on 07/09/2002 11:39:26 PM PDT by Fred Mertz
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To: Howlin
What's LP?

I stay here mostly,
734 posted on 07/09/2002 11:40:30 PM PDT by Fred Mertz
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To: Texasforever
I'm not.
735 posted on 07/09/2002 11:40:34 PM PDT by stryker
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To: SamBees
hate to see this, but if we wanted the demorats to come clean about comrade clinton, we have to be willing to deal with those on our side who blow it bad, too

Why does "crocodile tears" come to mind?

736 posted on 07/09/2002 11:41:47 PM PDT by Texasforever
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To: stryker
Ignore Texasforever.

She's just trying to get attention.
737 posted on 07/09/2002 11:41:51 PM PDT by Fred Mertz
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To: stryker
I'm not.

Damn, are you sober? You have bigger problems than I thought.

738 posted on 07/09/2002 11:43:01 PM PDT by Texasforever
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To: Howlin
Then please correct me. This is my best recollection of what I have read. I did not feel like researching it to answer the other post, but would like to know the details, which you apparently do. Let's hear it.
739 posted on 07/09/2002 11:43:12 PM PDT by stryker
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To: Fred Mertz
"I will be in the office by 8"

I just checked, the welfare offices don't open until 9 AM, I guess you just want a good place in line.

740 posted on 07/09/2002 11:43:33 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez
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