"Still, the inquiry by the Justice Department's fraud section -- which prosecutes federal anti-bribery law violations -- is likely to bring new public attention to the vice president's past at the giant oil services firm."
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Halliburton Under the Microscope
Nigerian kickbacks under Cheney's leadership, raise many questions...
The US Justice Department is investigating Halliburton Co. to determine if the company was involved in 180 million dollars in kickbacks paid to obtain contracts to build a natural gas plant in Nigeria when Vice President Dick Cheney was chairman of the company.
"There is no evidence that Cheney was aware of the payments in question," said Newsweek magazine, "and an aide said today the vice president has not been contacted about the probe.
"Still, the inquiry by the Justice Department's fraud section -- which prosecutes federal anti-bribery law violations -- is likely to bring new public attention to the vice president's past at the giant oil services firm."
Newsweek said the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the securities trading watchdog, had also opened an investigation of Halliburton dealings.
"Still, the inquiry by the Justice Department's fraud section -- which prosecutes federal anti-bribery law violations -- is likely to bring new public attention to the vice president's past at the giant oil services firm."
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