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Halliburton stories: 8 news summaries

Halliburton Will Pay $559M
in Nigerian Bribery Fines

The settlement is the second-largest under the current law

Jan 27, 09 9:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Halliburton will shell out $559 million in fines—the largest federal penalty ever paid by a US company for bribery—to the Justice Department and the SEC to settle claims that its former KBR unit greased the palms of Nigerian officials to help get a gas liquefaction facility built, along... More »

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Nigeria • bribery • Halliburton • Siemens • KBR • US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act • kickbacks

 Halliburton, KBR 
 Sued for Sickening 
 Iraq Troops 

Suit charges contractors supplied spoiled food, contaminated water

Dec 4, 08 1:51 AM CST
(Newser) - A lawsuit filed against Halliburton and KBR accuses the military contractors of exposing troops and civilian workers on a US base in Iraq to spoiled food, contaminated water, and toxic fumes from a burn pit, the Military Times reports. The lead plaintiff in the suit said he still has nightmares... More »

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Iraq • US military • Halliburton • military bases • Iraq contractors • KBR

Foreign
Workers
Held in Iraq

Contractor kept 1,000 Asian laborers 3 months in warehouses

Dec 3, 08 7:34 PM CST
(Newser) - About 1,000 foreign workers brought to Iraq with the promise of lucrative jobs have been living for 3 months in Baghdad warehouses under poor sanitary conditions and in possible violation of US military rules, McClatchy reports. A Kuwaiti company that subcontracts with KBR, formerly Haliburton, brought the men from... More »

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Iraq • US military • Halliburton • foreign labor • human trafficking • KBR • subcontractor • Najlaa

Ex Halliburton Exec Pleads Guilty to
$180M Bribery

Cheney man 'won' $6B Nigerian contracts

Sep 4, 08 4:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fired Halliburton exec has pleaded guilty to bribing Nigerian government officials, the Wall Street Journal reports. Albert Stanley, CEO of KBR when it was a Halliburton subsidiary, faces up to 7 years in jail and a restitution payment of nearly $11 million. Stanley was appointed by Vice President Dick... More »

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Dick Cheney • Nigeria • bribery • bribe • Halliburton • KBR • oil companies

US Contractor Bills in Iraq
to Hit $100B

Workers outnumber troops, account for
20% of war spending

Aug 12, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - By the end of the year, the US will have spent $100 billion on private defense contractors in Iraq, a congressional report finds, showing more private-sector reliance than any previous wartime. Some 20% of funds spent on the war have gone to contractors, whose numbers are now greater than the... More »

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US military • Halliburton • security contractors • Iraq contractors • KBR • Iraq war • Iraq war spending

OPINION

Clinton: Nothing Immune From Bush's 'Waste, Fraud, Abuse'

Cronyism flourishes under Iraq, Katrina

Aug 6, 08 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush White House has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on corrupt deals and unaccountable contractors, Hillary Clinton writes in the Wall Street Journal. If America is going to regain fiscal stability, it must "increase transparency" and put an end to practices like "rewarding companies that exploit tax... More »

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Iraq • Hillary Clinton • Hurricane Katrina • contractors • Halliburton • Katrina aftermath • cronyism • KBR • George W. Bush • war profiteers

Army Overseer Ousted After Rejecting Bogus Iraq Bills

Says he was replaced after vowing not to pay dubious bills

Jun 17, 08 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Did a top Army official lose his job for trying to save the Army money? Charles Smith was ousted from his job after refusing to pay then-Halliburton subsidiary KBR more than $1 billion in charges deemed bogus by Army auditors. “They had a gigantic amount of costs they couldn’... More »

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Iraq • Halliburton • Iraq contractors • defense spending • KBR

Alaskan Tribes Score No-Bid Bonanza

Sen. Ted Stevens
under scrutiny for shady  contracts

Jun 19, 07 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaskan tribes are so successful in securing no-bid government contracts, they're spurring a federal investigation into conduct by Alaskan senator Ted Stevens, reports Salon. In 1986, Stevens pushed through a law that gave Alaskan companies "small business" preferences—even if they belong to a multi-billion dollar parent corporation and... More »

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Congress • Alaska • FBI • Senate • contracts • House Appropriations Committee • cocaine • Ted Stevens • Bolivia • Eskimo • House of Representatives • Halliburton • federal investigation

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