Nigerian authorities will charge former Vice President Dick Cheney over a bribery scandal that is alleged to involve Halliburton, BusinessWeek reports. An arrest warrant "will be issued and transmitted through Interpol," said Godwin Obla, the prosecuting counsel at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Nigeria. The charges center on an alleged $180 million bribery payment used to secure a $6 billion liquefied natural gas contract.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Jtt/nigeria-dick-cheney-to-be_n_790917_69353217.html
Like anyone would ever enforce it.
Release embarrasing cables that reveal what we already know, get hunted by interpol like a dog.
Bribe, steal, and embezzle an african country, and no one cares.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 02, 2010, 06:46:20 PM
Release embarrasing cables that reveal what we already know, get hunted by interpol like a dog.
Bribe, steal, and embezzle an african country, and no one cares.
[Cheney]So?[/Cheney]
Exactly. A lot of people will just laugh at it all. Nigeria should take a page from the U.S. and kidnap his ass.
Do we even have an extradition treaty with Nigeria?
Quote from: Requia ☣ on December 02, 2010, 06:57:03 PM
Do we even have an extradition treaty with Nigeria?
It was in the fine print of those business propositions, but everyone chucked those out before they got to that part.
Quote from: Charley Brown on December 02, 2010, 06:56:05 PM
Exactly. A lot of people will just laugh at it all. Nigeria should take a page from the U.S. and kidnap his ass.
This.
How do the Nigerians plan on enforcing this on Cheney?
The whole thing seems like a cry for attention and nobody cares.
African nations have always been exploited, I see no reason as to why Western nations would begin to care now, seeing as most of them probably have similar scandals occurring within their own multinational corporations.
Good luck Nigeria.
It would be kinda satisfying to see him in a Nigerian prison though, wouldn't it?
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 02, 2010, 07:17:51 PM
It would be kinda satisfying to see him in a Nigerian prison though, wouldn't it?
I do not know about satisfying (apparently I need to become more sadistic), but it sure would be interesting.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 02, 2010, 07:17:51 PM
It would be kinda satisfying to see him in a Nigerian prison though, wouldn't it?
Yes.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 02, 2010, 06:46:20 PM
Release embarrasing cables that reveal what we already know, get hunted by interpol like a dog.
Bribe, steal, and embezzle an african country, and no one cares.
Go fuck yourself.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/nigeria-issue-arrest-warrant-dick-cheney-bribery-case/ (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/nigeria-issue-arrest-warrant-dick-cheney-bribery-case/)
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According to a story filed late Wednesday, Cheney will be indicted in a Nigerian bribery case as part of an investigation into an alleged $180 million bribery scandal.
"Last week, Nigeria arrested at least 23 officials from companies including Halliburton, Saipem, Technip and a former subsidiary of Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG in connection with alleged illegal payments to Nigerian officials. Those detained were all freed on bail on Nov. 29," Bloomberg News' Elisha Bala-Gbogbo wrote.
"Authorities in the West African nation are probing Halliburton, Saipem and Technip for the alleged payment of $180 million in bribes to win a $6 billion liquefied natural-gas contract," Bala-Gbogbo added. "Panalpina is being investigated for illegal payments it allegedly made to Nigerian customs officials on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell Plc."
The prosecuting counsel for the country's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said that indictments will be handed down in the next three days and that an arrest warrant for Cheney "will be issued and transmitted through Interpol."
Hahaaa! Take that you old reptile.
Quote from: Da6s on December 03, 2010, 12:40:25 AM
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"Authorities in the West African nation are probing Halliburton, Saipem and Technip for the alleged payment of $180 million in bribes to win a $6 billion liquefied natural-gas contract," Bala-Gbogbo added. "Panalpina is being investigated for illegal payments it allegedly made to Nigerian customs officials on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell Plc."
So they paid 180 million dollars in bribes to get a contract worth 6 million? 180 to get 6. I've read it ten times now and the math still doesn't add up for me. If that is actually true they shouldn't arrest these people, they should come up with more contracts that bribery will help get. Boost the economy and all that!
Quote from: Niamh on December 03, 2010, 03:29:41 PM
Quote from: Da6s on December 03, 2010, 12:40:25 AM
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"Authorities in the West African nation are probing Halliburton, Saipem and Technip for the alleged payment of $180 million in bribes to win a $6 billion liquefied natural-gas contract," Bala-Gbogbo added. "Panalpina is being investigated for illegal payments it allegedly made to Nigerian customs officials on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell Plc."
So they paid 180 million dollars in bribes to get a contract worth 6 million? 180 to get 6. I've read it ten times now and the math still doesn't add up for me. If that is actually true they shouldn't arrest these people, they should come up with more contracts that bribery will help get. Boost the economy and all that!
"M" =/= "B"
$180 million is significantly less than six billion
I am brain dead today, I saw million. :sad: Sorry!
Ok, going to go find someplace stupid to hide for a while.
Billion...........
Quote from: Niamh on December 03, 2010, 03:29:41 PM
Quote from: Da6s on December 03, 2010, 12:40:25 AM
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"Authorities in the West African nation are probing Halliburton, Saipem and Technip for the alleged payment of $180 million in bribes to win a $6 billion liquefied natural-gas contract," Bala-Gbogbo added. "Panalpina is being investigated for illegal payments it allegedly made to Nigerian customs officials on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell Plc."
So they paid 180 million dollars in bribes to get a contract worth 6 million? 180 to get 6. I've read it ten times now and the math still doesn't add up for me. If that is actually true they shouldn't arrest these people, they should come up with more contracts that bribery will help get. Boost the economy and all that!
See "b", for billion.
Ok, ok, by the fourth time around, it kind of loses it's charm.
LMNO
-how many people here read threads until the end, anyway?
I think the forum wasn't loading right. I don't think we usually post the same thing that many times.
...I think it said BILLION...
lol j/k Niamh, I've made far WORSE mistakes around these parts, is ok. :D
And does anyone here REALLY think Interpol's gonna string Cheney up? Cuz if they truly DO string his ass up, I'll do something dastardly. As a sign of the End Times...
If they do I will throw a nice big party every year in commemoration of the day one of those bastards got theirs.
It'd be a hot fudge sundae sort of party.
I'm not all that hopeful.
Quote from: Alty on December 03, 2010, 05:13:49 PM
If they do I will throw a nice big party every year in commemoration of the day one of those bastards got theirs.
It'd be a hot fudge sundae sort of party.
I'm not all that hopeful.
That would be too awesome, but yes, I have little hope as well.
The Obama Administration would protect him. No doubt in my mind.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 03, 2010, 05:53:21 PM
The Obama Administration would protect him. No doubt in my mind.
Of course. It's the Ford Doctrine.
Protect your predecessors, and your replacement will protect you.
edit: thread got ahead of me
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on December 03, 2010, 04:15:01 PM
Ok, ok, by the fourth time around, it kind of loses it's charm.
LMNO
-how many people here read threads until the end, anyway?
By the 5th it is begining to piss me the fuck right on off. WTF?
Quote from: Niamh on December 03, 2010, 03:35:32 PM
I am brain dead today, I saw million. :sad: Sorry!
Ok, going to go find someplace stupid to hide for a while.
You can hide in my stupid-hole.
Am I making you uncomfortable yet?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 03, 2010, 05:57:20 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 03, 2010, 05:53:21 PM
The Obama Administration would protect him. No doubt in my mind.
Of course. It's the Ford Doctrine.
Protect your predecessors, and your replacement will protect you.
Fuck 'em all. They are all the same. All of these political bastards, and people trying to push me into politics, like I wouldn't be tainted by that poison.
I hate them. I hate all of them.
Quote from: Telarus on December 03, 2010, 10:13:58 PM
Quote from: Niamh on December 03, 2010, 03:29:41 PM
Quote from: Da6s on December 03, 2010, 12:40:25 AM
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"Authorities in the West African nation are probing Halliburton, Saipem and Technip for the alleged payment of $180 million in bribes to win a $6 billion liquefied natural-gas contract," Bala-Gbogbo added. "Panalpina is being investigated for illegal payments it allegedly made to Nigerian customs officials on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell Plc."
So they paid 180 million dollars in bribes to get a contract worth 6 million? 180 to get 6. I've read it ten times now and the math still doesn't add up for me. If that is actually true they shouldn't arrest these people, they should come up with more contracts that bribery will help get. Boost the economy and all that!
You don't have to be a dick.
Just saying.
Quote from: Nigel on December 03, 2010, 11:28:03 PM
I hate them. I hate all of them.
I, on the other hand, LOVE them. In the same way I love gigantic asteroids that may one day strike the earth.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 03, 2010, 11:37:56 PM
You don't have to be a dick.
Just saying.
When I replied to the thread it was in direct response to his post. There weren't any other replies yet, and it didn't warn me that replies had been made. Weird. I edited it out, sorry Niamh.... didn't mean to push buttons, not sure what happened.
If he actually goes to court for this it will be the best Christmas present ever.
They found Saddam when he hid in his stupid hole. (Just sayin')
Is Cheney still pulling a million a year from Haliburton in "deferred compensation"?
Quote from: BadBeast on December 04, 2010, 02:22:17 AM
They found Saddam when he hid in his stupid hole. (Just sayin')
We didn't find Bin Laden when he was hiding not in his stupid hole. :lulz:
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 04, 2010, 02:54:26 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on December 04, 2010, 02:22:17 AM
They found Saddam when he hid in his stupid hole. (Just sayin')
We didn't find Bin Laden when he was hiding not in his stupid hole. :lulz:
That's cuz Bin Laden's got a "Clever hole" (Or Saudi Arabia, as he likes to call it)
Quote from: BadBeast on December 04, 2010, 03:04:38 AM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 04, 2010, 02:54:26 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on December 04, 2010, 02:22:17 AM
They found Saddam when he hid in his stupid hole. (Just sayin')
We didn't find Bin Laden when he was hiding not in his stupid hole. :lulz:
That's cuz Bin Laden's got a "Clever hole" (Or Saudi Arabia, as he likes to call it)
Damn you got me there.
But you did use "cuz" instead of "cos"
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 04, 2010, 03:50:12 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on December 04, 2010, 03:04:38 AM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on December 04, 2010, 02:54:26 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on December 04, 2010, 02:22:17 AM
They found Saddam when he hid in his stupid hole. (Just sayin')
We didn't find Bin Laden when he was hiding not in his stupid hole. :lulz:
That's cuz Bin Laden's got a "Clever hole" (Or Saudi Arabia, as he likes to call it)
Damn you got me there.
But you did use "cuz" instead of "cos"
Nah, I used it instead of "because". :lulz:
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.
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/Metro/Politics/5651299-146/corruption_agency_files_charges_against_cheney.csp
Also looks like having a former head of state on charges is stirring up the locals so riots if there's ANOTHER settlement. Woot!
"It was formally dropped today," Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesman Femi Babafemi said. He said the Nigerian government had agreed to an offer made by Halliburton to pay fines totaling up to $250 million.
Halliburton, which has said the Nigerian charges have no legal basis, confirmed that they were dropped but declined additional comment.
The EFCC said it received the offer when it met with officials representing Cheney and Halliburton in London last week after filing 16-count charges at a federal high court in Abuja in a case dating back to the mid-1990
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BG4KH20101217
I am so shocked!!!!
$250 million for charges that had no legal basis? Yeah right.
Time to go file some entirely spurious charges against Halliburton, I'm thinking. Apparently they just give money away if you make shit up and present it to a court.
Somehow, I think this plan wont quite work....
Quote from: Cain on December 19, 2010, 05:06:20 PM
$250 million for charges that had no legal basis? Yeah right.
Time to go file some entirely spurious charges against Halliburton, I'm thinking. Apparently they just give money away if you make shit up and present it to a court.
Somehow, I think this plan wont quite work....
I suspect that you would meet some Blackwater people.
I have a feeling that the Prince of Nigeria sent Halliburton a letter, and they don't want to admit to falling for it.
Quote from: Rumckle on December 19, 2010, 10:27:22 PM
I have a feeling that the Prince of Nigeria sent Halliburton a letter, and they don't want to admit to falling for it.
:lulz: