Cheney the Great & Cohorts Inc. This small story will grow and grow, folks. Believe me, I know the truly dead-rot subculture of the people and companies involved. When all is said and done, Cheney, Dubya & Twigs will rival the presidency of U.S. Grant for blatantly arrogant corruption and cronyism.
The lawmakers said they had been told by the inspector general's staff on Thursday that an issue of overcharging by Halliburton's Kellogg Brown & Root unit was with the inspector general's Defense Criminal Investigative Service.
The inspector general's office declined to comment.
The information about a criminal investigation was released in a letter by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut and Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and John D. Dingell of Michigan.
