Has Dick Cheney Been Sending Me Spam?

Somebody needs to see if he is a former member of the Nigerian Royal Family, needing just a few thousand dollars from me that he will pay back along with a considerable percentage of the hundreds of millions that are in Swiss Banks?

From Reuters:

Halliburton Co., once run by Vice President Dick Cheney, said an internal probe found information suggesting that members of a consortium it helps lead considered bribing Nigerian officials to win business.

Halliburton said it hasn't found evidence that officials from the TSKJ consortium ever made payments to Nigerian officials. But it said the consortium entered into several "agency agreements" related to the project, beginning in 1995. Talks of bribes took place at least 10 years ago, it said.

The Houston-based company said it has turned over the new information to the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a French magistrate, and is turning over evidence to Nigeria officials.

In a statement, Halliburton said the conduct being probed "appears to relate to conduct that took place almost entirely" before its 1998 purchase of Dresser Industries Inc., whose M.W. Kellogg unit was part of the consortium.

Kellogg later merged with Brown & Root to form Kellogg Brown & Root, which has a 25 percent stake in TSKJ. Other members of the Portugal-registered consortium are France's Technip SA (TECF.PA), the Snamprogetti Netherlands affiliate of Italy's Eni SpA (ENI.MI), and Japan's JGC Corp. (1963.T).

Halliburton did not immediately return a call seeking further comment.

Cheney was Halliburton's chief executive from 1995 to 2000. The Wall Street Journal, citing company officials, said there is no indication that Cheney knew of improper activity. On Wednesday, the Republican accepted his renomination as U.S. vice president.

Looks like the "Buck Doesn't Stop Here" defense will be trotted out like it always is for Republican Party Functionaries.