The Halliburton lawsuit

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Sunday, July 14, 2002 | editorial

[Willie Green]

Judicial Watch, that persistent legal barker headed by legal eagle Larry Klayman, bravely spent years doggedly pursuing the machinations of the Clinton administration. And for that, it and he regularly were tagged as purely partisan and conservative yippers. Hence, what has surprised some is the target of Judicial Watch's most recent lawsuit.

[Willie Green]

Interesting editorial from Richard Mellon Scaife's newspaper.

I suppose the bushbots will accuse him of not being a real member of the VRWC.

[Clara Lou]

And the Larry sycophants will sing his praises. Me? I'm waiting to see Larry accomplish something-- meaning prove to be something more than an annoying, buzzing gnat.

[cactusSharp]

Halliburton and Vice President Dick Cheney
will be found not only squeeky clean but
"how to" squeeky clean.....

[Fred Mertz]

And let the chips fall where they may.

That's not authorized under the current regime. We're at war, doncha know?

[alloysteel]

Larry Klayman and Judicial Watch expect to go just WHERE with this lawsuit? They were so badly discredited by the lamestream media in their pursuit of the "Former Occupant of the Oval Office, 1993-2001", this could only be an attempt to revive their badly tarnished image. I am sure that Dick Cheney has completely acceptable explanations for his actions while in a position of influence with Halliburton, and there shall not be proved any malfeasance or intent of malice. In fact, a full exploration is perhaps the best antidote to the stories that attempt to prove lies by innuendo. Like Dubya in his deal with Harken, in the end, there will be no "there" there.

[evolved_rage]

I think Cheney will come off the cleanest. These problems are between the Halliburton CFO and the Internal/External audit folks. The CFO is most likely to have the relationship with the external auditors to push the accounting envelope. Cheney and other CEOs are decision makers, and they have to rely on the info they get from their finance and accounting staffs. Add to that Cheney's comparative lack of private sector business expertise, and he becomes a figurehead, listening to all his direct reports advice.

The gotcha will be "we'll get rich, unless we get caught" memo that probably does not exist, AND IMHO, probably would have pissed off Cheney--as he already had a fat gubmint pension and a solid reputation to protect.

The gray gotcha will be, "hey Dick, Enron and Worldcom are doing it, so it must be legal!" which is probably closer to the truth.

[isthisnickcool]

Klayman, all bark & little if any bite. But this time he has bit off more than he can chew.

There is no record of JW ever filing their 990's on time. They always ask for a "special extension" because they are never ready. And they have never posted their public IRS filings or financials on their web site. There have been "questions" about money being "funneled" to Klaymans Florida Corp. and to Klayman's Law firm. Also questions regarding a condo Klayman uses. And, they are being audited by the IRS. And they are "fighting" the audit.*

There are 700,000+ nonprofit corporations in America. Many are only in "business" to push their own particular political views and/or enrich their handlers. We need to reform the system that allow some of these entities to take advantage of laws originally designed to help charities. Something JW is far from.

*This all means nothing, of course. But Klayman and JW have sued people over a lot less....

[Jhoffa_]

The liberals were right. "Legal Bomb Thrower" perfectly suits Klayman.

[Willie Green]

The liberals were right. "Legal Bomb Thrower" perfectly suits Klayman.

The liberals were RIGHT???

You mean you've now changed your mind and believe that it was "just about sex"???

[Jhoffa_]

No, I think Klayman is a "legal bomb thrower"

I don't think he was as interested in Clinton's crimes as he was in headlines and donations.

I bet he sues to have footrests attached to all the local ambulances next.

[Hardy Harhar]

Dubya said his administration would not have even the "appearance" of impropriety. What he didn't say was his administration would respond to ethical questions with only the "appearance" of cooperation.

[Texbob]

Klayman never won any of his suits aginst the Clinton's. He is a con artist and the publicity gets him donations, that is what it is all about. That article praising him is total Bull Sh--!

[TLBSHOW]

And what has Cheney done?
No answer right? Just your little smear!

[cactusSharp]

and I'm betting the gray area will be white shocked to "find" a memo from Cheney saying .."could
care
less ,we do it right"......

[Uncle Bill]

Newsweek: Halliburton CEO Says Cheney Knew About Firm's Accounting Practices

[speekinout]

OK, I'm going to be the first to admit that I enjoyed Klayman's antics during the clintoon admin. I never expected him to get anywhere, and he didn't.
But I really am tired of him now that we have a GOP admin.

Do we have to wait for another turn of control before we decide that this stuff is a big waste of time and money? Maybe so, but one turn each should be enough!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

One thing is abundantly clear, today's messengers are irresponsibly careless with those pens they wield. We've been treated to major lies, slanderous personal attacks of the lowest sort by Daschle, Carville, NY Times, Clinton and co....and NO, Republicans do NOT do this. They do NOT falsely accuse Democrats....NOT for partisan politics during election years, NOT to hurt our nation's economy for partisan politics during an election year, NOT to prevent necessary defense spending during wartime (we can no more ignore the militant Muslim terrorist cells than we can pretend 9-11 didn't happen), and NOT because "it's fun to push their buttons" as a DNC memo stated recently....because most Republicans believe they're accountable to God, and slanderous personal attacks are one of the Big 10 no-nos.

How do we know that Dick Cheney is an honorable man, of good report? Ask his former employees, his friends, his family, his neighbors...look at his employment record, his service, his words, his maturity in behavior and speech. This is what every American deserves to know about our VP.

The NY Times is still the most-cited news source, in spite of their major lies re. civilian casualties in Afghanistan early in the war, abuse of prisoners at Gitmo, Israeli mass-murdering Palestinians at Jenin, not to mention the regular publication of classified info from career Rats within the Pentagon...and not one NY Times reporter is in jail today. In addition, the major news networks/papers still choose to use this unreliable source to determine the day's spin story.

America's fortunate to have a man of Dick Cheney's experience, maturity and character in DC right now. America is not being served well by the fourth estate, or the greedy opposition. Trial lawyers are salivating over the DNC/press corporate attacks...big $$$$ for the Dems. this election year (and Jesse Jackson's lining up for seconds).

Sorry, the "appearance" of impropriety is not with Cheney, but is with his accusers playing the only game they know....the politics of personal destruction.