Oh Condi, you bad bad girl…
Chevron seen settling case on Iraq oil
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.
The penalty, which is still being negotiated, would be the largest so far in the United States in connection with investigations of companies involved in the oil-for-food scandal.</em>
Then, if you read way, way down in the story we find meat:
According to the Volcker report, surcharges on Iraqi oil exports were introduced in August 2000 by the Iraqi state oil company, the State Oil Marketing Organization. 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.
I’m sure helping Chevron funnel illegal funds to a dictator had nothing to do with them naming a tanker after Rice. Oh Condi, you terrorist-enabling figurehead you. Go buy some shoes.
