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To: zonder who wrote (4472)	11/14/2003 1:09:45 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 20773

You mean like Haliburton? What does that tell you then, in that world of yours where countries' decisions to go to war or not are determined by the financial benefits of a few? And would you prefer that it had been TotalFina-Elf? The Halliburton contract was NOT illegal, nor was it politically motivated. In fact, the "sole source" contract was originated by DOD, not the White House. DOD, in order to advise the WH of the potential political repercussions of its SS contract, gave them a "heads up"... The reason HAL got the contract is because they their KB&R subsidiary had the assets in place to immediately support the mission. But even now, we're seeing that HAL is being required to resubmit through the bidding process for continued contractual work on this project.. In other words, the govt Contract Officer has opted not to excercise the option to grant HAL another year. Sole Source contracting is not illegal, and is only controversial when certain people try and create linkages between political officials and their former employers. Too bad we're not able to make that linkage between Chirac and French business corruption... He's apparently immune from prosecution while he's in office.. Hawk

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