From FactCheck.org
Anti-Bush Ad Overstates Case Against Halliburton
Moveon Pac ad says administration gave contracts "on a silver platter," but government investigators say otherwise.
June 18, 2004
Modified: June 28, 2004
Summary
An ad that began airing June 15 portrays a white-coated White House waiter serving contracts and wads of cash, while an announcer says the Bush administration gave Halliburton no-bid contracts "on a silver platter" and that the company was "caught" overcharging by tens of millions of dollars.
But in fact, investigators from the General Accounting Office (GAO) found Halliburton's no-bid contracts to be legal and probably justified by the Pentagon's wartime needs. Furthermore, Pentagon auditors have yet to make any final determination of whether payment should be denied to Halliburton for gasoline or meals for troops. Those billing disputes are still being negotiated.
(Note: See the italicized "footnote" below for Moveon PAC's response to this article.)
(Note on note: I left that to encourage you to go read the whole thing. In case you haven't. It's been there a while.)
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