It’s remarkable how often one company shows up at the center of national-level controversy. From getting blamed for shoddy work that apparently electrocuted a soldier to receiving many allegations of tolerating sexual abuses, not to mention insanely inflating gasoline practices in Iraq, Cheney’s old company, Halliburton, was there. Now it appears they may be in line for blame for the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
At some point, you’d think these things might affect their bottom line. Yet their subsidiary KBR (ties were borken with Halliburton in 2007) kept getting awarded massive defense contracts, and Halliburon remains a giant in the oil industry.
Apparently, incompetence pays, if you have the right connections.
