Cheney and Halliburton, Again

There ought to be a law against someone working for another company, say, Halliburton, while also receiving a paycheck as Vice President of the United States. Remember Cheney is still receiving payments from them for "deferred" compensation.

E-Mail Links Cheney's Office, Contract (washingtonpost.com):

Shortly before the Pentagon awarded a division of oil services contactor Halliburton Co. a sole-source contract to help restore Iraqi oil fields last year, an Army Corps of Engineers official wrote an e-mail saying the award had been 'coordinated' with the office of Vice President Cheney, Halliburton's former chief executive.

The March 5, 2003, e-mail, disclosed over the weekend by Time magazine, noted that Douglas Feith, a senior Pentagon official, had signed off on the deal 'contingent on informing WH [the White House] tomorrow.'

'We anticipate no issues since action has been coordinated w VP's office,' it continued.

Three days later, Halliburton subsidiary KBR was granted the contract, which was worth as much as $7 billion, according to information on the Army Corps of Engineers Web site. The first job under the contract was putting out oil fires. It was later expanded to include shipping fuel to Iraq, which led to Pentagon auditor charges that KBR had overbilled the government.