Cheney in SEC sights?

[Doug Henwood]

New York Post - July 1, 2002

SEC HAS ITS EYES ON VEEP

By DEBORAH ORIN

July 1, 2002 -- The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission 
yesterday vowed to "go after" Vice President Dick Cheney if an SEC 
probe finds wrongdoing when he headed Halliburton Corp., the giant 
oil-field company.

"I head an independent regulatory agency," SEC Chief Harvey Pitt told 
ABC's "This Week" when asked specifically about Halliburton and 
Cheney.

Halliburton disclosed last month that the SEC has launched a 
preliminary investigation of its accounting - specifically of its 
decision to report more than a $100 million in disputed overrun costs 
as revenue.

The accounting policy was altered while Cheney was Halliburton's CEO.

Some Democrats have questioned whether Pitt will really take tough 
action, saying he's too close to the accounting industry and should 
resign, but Pitt yesterday vowed, "I am going to fix this problem."