Haliburton's $500 Million "PLEA DEAL" to Keep Cheney Out of Jail

[kpete]

$500 Million to Keep Cheney Out of Jail?
By: emptywheel Thursday December 9, 2010 7:24 am

Apparently, Halliburton is in negotiations with the Nigerian government to craft a plea deal that would keep Dick Cheney out of jail. (h/t scribe)

Halliburton is planning to make a plea bargain in former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney’s corruption case, Nigerian officials told GlobalPost.

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Halliburton is in talks with Nigerian officials to make a plea bargain in the case, said Femi Babafemi, spokesman for Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the agency which has pressed the charges against Cheney.

“The companies are asking for a plea bargain, we are reviewing their request, we are talking with them, but we have not gone far with the talks yet,” Babafemi told GlobalPost.

Although Babafemi did not give further details, other sources within the agency said the plea bargain might involve a $500 million settlement.

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Cheney and three other top executives could face sentences of three years in a Nigerian prison if convicted of the charges in the 16-count indictment, said Babafemi.

$500 million or three years in Nigerian prison. I wonder how much he or his former employers woul’d pay to avoid imprisonment on torture charges?
more
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/nigeria/101204/nigeria-corruption-dick-cheney-halliburton
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/12/09/500-million-to-keep-cheney-out-of-jail/

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Let's hope that Halliburton stockholders don't think they should pay

for criminal CEOs and that that money should go to investors instead.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Anybody here want to buy a share of stock and sue the bastards???

[Motown_Johnny]

3. as long as he has to show up for the arraignment, so he can be arrested

for war crimes

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[spanone]

6. i'm sure dick feels he's owed as much from halliburton....

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. $500 million is a confirmation of guilt, isn't it?