Halliburton, under fire for winning several lucrative Iraqi reconstruction projects without going through the messy, unpredictable process of competitive bidding, needed to find a credible voice to speak for it in the court of public opinion.
Who could be more credible than Vice President Dick Cheney, the company's former chief executive? Well, almost anyone actually, because Cheney's stock options make him a prime beneficiary every time Halliburton gets another piece of government work. So maybe the leaders of Halliburton's Brown & ...