Peoria Judge who rejected Mazon plea deal should resign By Ray Hanania — I covered both trials of Jeff Mazon, the man accused of allegedly taking a “bribe” in exchange for allegedly increasing a contract payment to a Kuwaiti firm… Read More ›
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HANANIA: Jury in controversial Iraq War contracts case deadlocks, second time, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 10-20-08
Jury in controversial Iraq War contracts case deadlocks, second time By Ray Hanania — For the second straight time, jurors deadlocked in the Federal prosecution of a former Halliburton contract manager accused of inflating a price in exchange for an alleged… Read More ›
HANANIA: Judge’s actions overshadown already troubled Iraq war contracts case, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 10-19-08
Judge’s actions overshadow already troubled Iraq war contracts case By Ray Hanania — Jurors in the controversial Halliburton corruption case playing out in a Federal Courtroom in Peoria complained to U.S. District Court Judge Joe Billy McDade last week they… Read More ›
HANANIA: NEWS: Halliburton corruption case goes to the jury, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 10-16-08
Halliburton corruption case goes to the jury By Ray Hanania — (Peoria, Il., Thurs. 10-16-08) – The controversial prosecution of a Chicago area man accused of taking a bribe while managing contracts for Halliburton in Kuwait during the start of the… Read More ›
HANANIA: Evidence takes back seat in Jeff Mazon prosecution, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 10-06-08
Evidence takes back seat in Jeff Mazon prosecution By Ray Hanania — Southwest Chicago suburbanite Jeff Mazon is sitting in a Peoria Federal court room again this week because an Excel spreadsheet used to calculate the conversion of Kuwait Dinars… Read More ›
HANANIA: Judge in Halliburton contract corruption trial clashes with defense, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 9-30-08
Judge in Halliburton contract corruption trial clashes with defense By Ray Hanania — (DATELINE Peoria, Il, Sept. 30, 2008) — The judge in the controversial trial of Jeff Mazon, a former Halliburton procurement officer accused of intentionally inflating a contract… Read More ›
HANANIA: Government seeks to muzzle Halliburton criticism, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Sept. 27, 2008
Bush administrations moves to choke off Mazon defense By Ray Hanania — The Bush administration moved to prevent Jeff Mazon from making a defense that would most certainly shift the blame from charges he took a bribe to the more important… Read More ›
HANANIA: War contract mistrial proves public is concerned more about Halliburton, For Immediate Release, May 1, 2008
Mistrial in war related corruption case proves there is more to it By Ray Hanania — A jury in Rock Island, Illinois said they were deadlocked on the Bush Administration’s prosecution of a former middle-level sub-contractor for Halliburton that the federal… Read More ›
HANANIA: Controversy-plagued war contract firms continue to benefit under Bush, For Immediate Release, April 21, 2008
Controversy-plagued war contract firms continue to benefit under Bush By Ray Hanania — As long as the Bush administration continues to focus on allegations of individual corruption related to Iraq war contracts, the real corruption will continue to go unchallenged…. Read More ›
HANANIA: Truth comes out in Iraq war-related contract-abuse case, For Immediate Release, April 18, 2008
Truth starts to leak out in Iraq war contract-abuse case By Ray Hanania — The U.S. Attorney is prosecuting what should be a high profile case involving corrupt practices in Iraq-war related contracts in the backyards of the Midwest apparently… Read More ›
HANANIA: Iraq war corruption cases go beyond simple “fraud” For Immediate Release, April 8, 2008
Iraq war corruption cases go beyond simple “fraud” By Ray Hanania — This week, a suburban Chicago man who once held a management position at a company that sub-contracted war-related services in Iraq through Halliburton, will finally face trial on… Read More ›
HANANIA: Halliburton-linked cases smack of politics and scapegoats, For Immediate Release, April 2, 2008
Playing politics with alleged abuses in war-linked contracts By Ray Hanania — As the public demands answers to why billions of dollars in war related contracts have been abused and mismanaged, the response from the Bush administration has been to… Read More ›
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