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cheney indicted

hahaha Nigeria. Funny. Maybe he could contact some of those princes that seem to have all that money they need help getting out of the country!
 
It's entirely possible that this really happened. He's a business man who knows how to get shit done. Sometimes that includes bribery, taking clients to strip clubs, etc.
 
PokerGuy said:
hahaha Nigeria. Funny. Maybe he could contact some of those princes that seem to have all that money they need help getting out of the country!
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Dude, it's not the prince's, it Jamal's uncles estate that the prince is trying to seize and they desperately need you help to wire the money so it doesn't get taken by the government.
 
Did he bribe them with the 5,000,000 USD that was being held just for him by a nigerian prince and just needed his account info?
 
Wait 'till they hear this in Nairobi!

No worries, I'm sure Obama's people are bribing them to make this go away as we speak.

Dear Nigeria,

Please stop trying to make us look bad, we don't have the balls to hold Cheney accountable for anything he does; stop showing us up. We'll send you boatloads of cash that we just printed if you'll please stop.

Sincerely,

CLINTON
 
Don't think anyone has brought this up yet (and I can't click on HuffPo from work) but I would bet that Nigeria is trying to make a point about using/abusing Interpol for political purposes in the wake of the Jullian Assange warrant.
 
My feelings for Cheney aside, I can only imagine Haliburton didnt pay enough. Or didnt pay all they promised to pay. Cheap skates. Dont see why else this would surface unless an awful lot changed in Nigeria while I slept last night. Or maybe they want to get something done from the current US administration to make this charge go away.
 
ShawnD1 said:
It's entirely possible that this really happened. He's a business man who knows how to get shit done. Sometimes that includes bribery, taking clients to strip clubs, etc.
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You equate bribery with a night on the town? You consider it normal business ethics? Certainly not in the real world and not in the US. Also the US has very serious federal laws about US companies bribing overseas. IF (and I stress the IF) there is anything to this I would expect a US federal indictment to follow.

Given Cheney's health situation, the decade that has passed since he led Haliburton, and personal doubts about Nigerian justice system I'm not going to bank on him being led off in an orange jumpsuit any time soon.
 
Thump553 said:
You equate bribery with a night on the town? You consider it normal business ethics? Certainly not in the real world and not in the US. Also the US has very serious federal laws about US companies bribing overseas. IF (and I stress the IF) there is anything to this I would expect a US federal indictment to follow.

Given Cheney's health situation, the decade that has passed since he led Haliburton, and personal doubts about Nigerian justice system I'm not going to bank on him being led off in an orange jumpsuit any time soon.
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Yep, bribing a foreign official is a big friggen no-no here. My company requires us to disclose any business we conduct with foreign political or politically connected figures for this reason.
 
Meh. I'm having trouble taking this serious.

This was back at least 10 years ago? Is there no statute of limitations in Nigeria?

It sounds like they have nothing on Cheney, other than he was CEO at the time. So just by virture of his title he is indicted?

Otherwise, I'm pretty sure we've enacted laws some time ago making foreign bribes by US companies illegal too. Let' see if the DoJ shows any interest in this (Notwithstanding any SoL problem.)

Fern
 
Blackjack200 said:
Yep, bribing a foreign official is a big friggen no-no here. My company requires us to disclose any business we conduct with foreign political or politically connected figures for this reason.
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bribery is illegal but grease payments are not

iow, you can't bribe someone to make them favor you, in, say, selecting host country for a major sporting event, but you can pay someone to do their regular bureaucratic job faster.


edit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Corrupt_Practices_Act
 
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Blackjack200 said:
Yep, bribing a foreign official is a big friggen no-no here. My company requires us to disclose any business we conduct with foreign political or politically connected figures for this reason.
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Guess your company doesn't do business in the Philippines where bribes are necessary in order to get anything done. Need a government document printed or signed, better pay the guy in charge or it isn't getting done.

Our employee handbook even goes so far as to provide the legal definition of bribe(which is a no-no) and a "facilitating payment"(which is ok).

Facilitating payment is....you guessed it...a euphemism for a bribe.
 
ayabe said:
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Our employee handbook even goes so far as to provide the legal definition of bribe(which is a no-no) and a "facilitating payment"(which is ok).

Facilitating payment is....you guessed it...a euphemism for a bribe.
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Fancier words to confuse the common folk.
 
ElFenix said:
bribery is illegal but grease payments are not

iow, you can't bribe someone to make them favor you, in, say, selecting host country for a major sporting event, but you can pay someone to do their regular bureaucratic job faster.
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Interesting, I didn't know that. I only know that we have to disclose any business dealing with politically connected foreign nationals because we have to fill out a form every year.

ayabe said:
Guess your company doesn't do business in the Philippines where bribes are necessary in order to get anything done. Need a government document printed or signed, better pay the guy in charge or it isn't getting done.
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Actually we have a branch in Manila. I don't know anything about how they function though. The policies I described only apply to US employees.


ayabe said:
Our employee handbook even goes so far as to provide the legal definition of bribe(which is a no-no) and a "facilitating payment"(which is ok).

Facilitating payment is....you guessed it...a euphemism for a bribe.
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Wow. It's funny how differently things work in other countries.
 
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