In a busy month of newly reported lies by the Administration, Time magazine is reporting what many already suspected.
"The March 5, 2003 e-mail, from an Army Corps of Engineers official, said that top Pentagon official Douglas Feith got the job of shepherding the contract, according to the newsweekly Time that hits newsstands Monday.
Feith had approved the multi-billion-dollar deal "contingent on informing WH (the White House) tomorrow. We anticipate no issues since action has been coordinated w(ith) VP's (vice president's) office," said the e-mail obtained by Time.
The newsweekly said it was three days later that Halliburton won the contract, although no other bids had been submitted.
"As vice president, I have absolutely no influence of, involvement of, knowledge of in any way, shape or form of contracts led by the Corps of Engineers or anybody else in the federal government," Cheney told NBC's "Meet the Press" in September, Time said." - AFP
JOHN'S ADDITIONAL NOTE:
So yet another lie from the White House - this one about Cheney's ethics. One can only hope that since Cheney actually lied to Russert, perhaps this will give Russert the incentive to finally take Bush and Cheney on for all of their lies, rather than give them the journalistic equivalent or raspberries on their little bellies every time Bush or Cheney go on his show.
