The FBI has already investigated some of Halliburton's Iraqi activities, but it is now treating the defence department's dealings with the vice-president's old company as a potentially criminal matter.Oh dearie me, do you think some mischief might have gone on over there? imagine!
Part of the evidence Ms Greenhouse submitted in her formal complaint was a Pentagon email in which an Iraqi contract is described as having "been coordinated" with Mr Cheney's office at the White House.What? That nice grandfatherly VP?
(via Follow Me Here)
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The one thing I am wondering about is why it has taken them so long to commence an investigation and exactly what is it that is in the timing of it?
It has been long suspected that there has been a lot of mispropriety here and all of a sudden it's a big issue? I haven't figured this one out yet.
Hard to argue with you there -- reading the article, everything seemed to be things that bloggers were ranting about six months ago, right down to the "been coordinated" phrase. But stories often languish for long stretches before the media picks them up, and/or until pressure builds for an investigation.
It's possible that there are partisan motives behind either the release of some key evidence or the decision to move on it; only time will tell. It's certainly true that the Bush tendency to blame things on those below him is starting to come back around, as employees in the CIA have leaked embarrassing documents in the last couple of weeks, etc., so it may be that this is some payback by agencies who have been mistreated for several years and now suspect that they may not have this boss around to punish them. A third possibility is that this investigation was held off until other groups (right now I'm spacing -- was it Congress? the Attorney General's office?) finished their prior investigations. There was some discussion during the debates about an ongoing investigation of Haliburton (such that their payment should have been put on hold), and I think there was some recent noise about that, like maybe no action was taken. If so, it could be that other agencies think there's a different line of investigation that still needs pursuing...
Just speculating. Obviously the timing makes it seem partisan, but coincidences to sometimes exist...
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