Chevron to acknowledge aiding Saddam.
By on May 8th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Chevron to acknowledge aiding Saddam.
“Chevron, the second-largest American oil company, is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known kickbacks were being paid to Saddam Hussein on oil it bought from Iraq as part of a defunct United Nations program, according to investigators. … At the time, Condoleezza Rice, now secretary of state, was a member of Chevron’s board and led its public policy committee, which oversaw areas of potential political concerns for the company. Ms. Rice resigned from Chevron’s board on Jan. 16, 2001, after being named national security advisor by President Bush.” (Via Atrios)
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“Such disclosure from Chevron has increased my confidence in them”
—George W. Bush
May 8th, 2007 at 1:54 pmWho’s going to be the first to post their last qtrly earnings?
May 8th, 2007 at 1:55 pmGod what a surprise!
Next thing we’ll find out is that the US is set to control ALL of Iraq’s oil so US oil companies can plunder their resources.
May 8th, 2007 at 1:56 pmNot sure if this is the Condi Rice Chevron tanker…..
May 8th, 2007 at 1:56 pmUmm, I think the part about Rice is important to note as well.
May 8th, 2007 at 1:56 pmClinton acknowledged aiding someone once.
May 8th, 2007 at 1:56 pmDisregard #5…
May 8th, 2007 at 1:59 pmPelosi once filled her car at a Chevron station….
May 8th, 2007 at 2:00 pmClinton did it, too. So did Pelosi.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:00 pm“I’m very proud of my association with Chevron, and I think we should be very proud of the job American oil companies are doing in exploration abroad, in exploration at home, and in making certain we have a safe energy supply,” [Rice] said.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:01 pm4/5/2001 Article
Money and oil…..trips you up every time.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:02 pmEvil, these people are evil.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:02 pmCue Condi Rice’s themsong. Suitable for the back’s of hard working American’s and the entirety of Iraq and the long suffering Iraqi people.
Step to it Condi.
-GSD
May 8th, 2007 at 2:03 pmWhat, the oil companies are corrupt? Say it isn’t so.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:06 pmcondi!!:
“But I will tell you this, the benchmark that I’m looking at — the oil law is importantâ€
May 8th, 2007 at 2:07 pmAnother blow for the corrupt UN.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:07 pm“Oops. My bad.”
- Condi Rice
May 8th, 2007 at 2:08 pmWe’re not leaving Iraq until Chevron has squeezed the last drop of oil from that damn desert’. This war was never about democracy or freedom for Iraqis, it is being fought so Chevron can continue to dominate the world oil trade. Period. I didn’t bust my ass at Stanford to just be on Chevron’s Board, NSA Director or Secretary of State. I want to be the most powerful woman in the world. Deal with it. I am!
May 8th, 2007 at 2:12 pmSpin around all you like traitor, but you will get yours just like your masters.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:15 pmCan we revisit that idea of a windfall profits tax for the oil industry now?
May 8th, 2007 at 2:20 pmWasn’t Bush’ grandfather’s company convicted of treason for aiding Hitler? Not surprised.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:29 pmWhat – has the statute of limitations expired?
May 8th, 2007 at 2:30 pmChevron is going to admit they were complicit in dirty deals?
Or is this admission so they can still get the corrupt Condi to extricate them from the mess while she still sits in the White House office?
Another blow for the corrupt UN.
Comment by Patrick1 — May 8, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Amazing how these blowiators can see an INDIRECT relation as evident, while ignoring a DIRECT (Chevron actually paying kickbacks while Condi as in charge in the board of directors) relation as negligible.
They smeared greatly Kofi Annan (not that they demonstrated anything), but hey, Saint Condi is innocent until proven guilty, and afterwards too.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:31 pmI know nothing, my company knows nothing, the country sure doesn’t know anything and my new boss doesn’t know anything.
I hope that clears up all your questions?
May 8th, 2007 at 2:40 pmthey’ll just raise their prices to offset any fines… either way, we pay…
May 8th, 2007 at 2:46 pmPete: “they’ll just raise their prices to offset any fines… either way, we pay…”
Not if we, the people, say otherwise through our representatives. We’re still in charge. If we want, we, can prevent them from raising their prices and tax their windfall profits. Hell, if we really want to, we can nationalize their industry.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:51 pmIs it any wonder that she doesn’t want to testify? These goons throwing ‘treason’ and ‘traitor’ around should point their hostility toward those that instigated the actions. Saddam’s corruption is often sited as justification for the means to the end, and there’s evidence such as this out there showing support for him before the US invasion by those who ochestrated the effort. There is no evidence of any Iraq-Al Queda ties or evidence of involvement in Niger to develop weapons, but there is evidence of support by those who could profit from an invasion.
Who will history vindicate, the liars or the honest?
May 8th, 2007 at 2:52 pmKofi was smeared alright. Smeared by Saddam he was so far up his ass in this Oil for Food scandal.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:54 pmI don’t know how to deal with the corruption any more. It permeates every single facet of this administration and everyone involved with them. It is time for someone, anyone, to look into Cheney’s secret meeting with these traitors NOW. A federal court ruled it could be kept secret, but I think this changes things and it must be revisited. Don’t even tell me Dick didn’t know about this.
Chevron will avoid criminal charges by paying a $25 million dollar fine. We all know what a pittance that is for the oil companies. Is that what we do with war profiteering traitors now?
Our Secretary of State is a criminal! And like every other Bushie, she is going to get away with it.
May 8th, 2007 at 2:55 pmRight along with Condi, Rummy and Reagan. You guys were all in bed together.
What is like to make a deal with the devil Patrick1? Is the devil really a red guy with a pointy tail or is he the more human looking kind of devil like Al Pacino in Devil’s Advocate?
May 8th, 2007 at 2:59 pmMore from the Bush Crime Family. Where does it end? Defund and impeach…those are the most important issues on the table.
May 8th, 2007 at 3:02 pmKofi was smeared alright. Smeared by Saddam he was so far up his ass in this Oil for Food scandal.
Comment by Patrick1 — May 8, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
What? Annan managed to extract Rumsfeld from up there?
http://bottleofblog.typepad.com/bottleofblog/2005/06/utter_and_unend.html
May 8th, 2007 at 3:04 pmTHESE MFERS HAVE NO SHAME! NONE!! i keep thinking I can’t be surprised, and then . . . Why did y’all elect these fools and allow them to destroy this beautiful country for the sake of short term profits and offshore bank accounts.
May 8th, 2007 at 3:13 pmChevron oil is a company of Traitors!!! says the latest Fox News Headline…….NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 8th, 2007 at 3:38 pmBut the loyal bushies tell you its all the democrat parties fault chevron are crooks.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:10 pmPatrick1,
Yeah… see… Kofi and Saddam aren’t the administration that is supposed to represent the people of the USA.
Evil, these people are evil.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:21 pmSo, Condi allowed kickbacks to Saddam while she was on the board, eh?
Gee, doesn’t that make her an enemy of the state, Cons?
May 8th, 2007 at 5:46 pmShe also led the board’s public policy committee (read: propaganda department) which meant she would have, or at least should have , known all about potentially illegal activities.
May 8th, 2007 at 6:24 pmIt being her job to either correct them, or as we have learned is more likely, cover them up.
Any wonder she is so good at obfuscation, distortion and denial?
Criminal activity.
I hate my life.
May 8th, 2007 at 6:41 pmget another 1
May 8th, 2007 at 7:06 pmDrag her ass before a Senate committee so she can tell us how she can’t recall what went on at Chevron. Criminal!
May 8th, 2007 at 7:06 pmCondi is a traitor to America. She should be treated like one.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:59 pmI wonder when Cheney – while he was on Haliburton’s payroll – will ‘fess up to his dealings with Iraq during the UN embargo?
May 8th, 2007 at 11:39 pmForget Condi… follow the money. Hold the Chevron board of directors, the institutional investors, mutual fund investors (did your $’s go here) and their shareholders all responsible.
Let them know how you feel about their $’s killing American service people, and then ask them if they realize that they have blood on their hands.
If they get the message, they’ll respond.
May 9th, 2007 at 1:37 amWhy should anyone be surprised by Con-doche Rice. She did the same type of job for them, that she has done to the US.
May 9th, 2007 at 9:09 amThis woman champions herself as an intellectual to the right-wing, who proudly parade her around to show how an accomplished African-American recognizes that should align herself with people who celebrate achievements. The same people, who would not bother running over her in the road if she fell in front of their car, now embrace her as one of their own. Talk about self-hated. She has used these people because they needed a token to put up there to validate their benevolence and goodwill toward the minorities, knowing full well this is what they do, while overlooking the fact that she has been incompetent as George Bush in every job she has held. Its amazing what you can accomplish when you sell your soul to be accepted by people who use you to hide their racism. Its truly tragic.
This story is far bigger than the paltry attention it is getting here.
When you toss in Halliburton doing business with Iran while Cheney was CEO, the number of people now in the Administration were personally involved of the very criminal acts they used to argue against trade restrictions as alternatives to war on the grounds “those methods don’t work“, is more than a little troubling.
Add to that the number of people in this Administration that knowingly broke the law and did business with the same villains they now demagogue is obscene.
May 9th, 2007 at 10:48 am.