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Originally posted by MBFlyerfan:
Never even heard of them until just now.
Really? There's a really questionable conflict of interest with them. Cheney used to be CEO, and he still gets deferred compensation from them. They were awarded a "no-bid" open ended, cost-plus contract to extinguish oil well fires in Iraq.

Now, whether there's anything illegal, nobody has really proven. Just a conflict of interest.
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