Halliburton pays bribe to drop bribery charges against Cheney and the firm

From http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/halliburton-reportedly-agrees-pay-nigeria-250-million-drop-bribery-charges-cheney-firm/:

The massive industrial conglomerate Halliburton has reportedly offered to pay $250 million to settle charges against its former chief executive, ex-Vice President Dick Cheney, in a multi-million dollar bribery case.

In the U.S. we call these Political Contributions…