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UNDER CARLY FIORINA, HP SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS TO IRAN
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kDDw6
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Date: September 20, 2015 01:27PM
Carly Fiorina, a Republican candidate president and the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, presents herself on the campaign trail as a hawk on Iran. She’s promising to take a hardline on the regime in Tehran.
However, during her time as the chief executive of HP, she “sold hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of products to Iran through a foreign subsidiary, despite strict U.S. export sanctions,” Bloomberg reports.
While running the show at HP, Fiorina thwarted sanctions by dealing with Iran through European and Middle Eastern companies, allowing for the tech company to dominate the market in Tehran. By 2007, HP-made printers accounted for 41 percent of the total market share in the country, the report states.
Fiorina’s dealings with Iran were established thanks to a 1997 agreement made between the U.S. company and the Indian-owned, Dubai-based Redington Gulf.
As Bloomberg’s Josh Rogin writes, HP was engaging in potentially illegal activity, as U.S. companies were prohibited from exporting to Iran thanks to two executive orders signed by President Bill Clinton in 1995.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission started to inquire about HP’s activities overseas following a 2008 Boston Globe exposé that tracked the company’s dealings with Iran. HP responded, denying that it had thwarted the law, but admitting that the company had sold $120 million dollars worth of products to Redington Gulf, which then sent the products to Iran.
Fiorina’s previous dealings with Iran were brought up when she ran for the California Senate in 2010. At the time, her campaign spokeswoman denied that HP had committed any wrongdoing while she was CEO. “It is illegal for American companies to do business in Iran. To her knowledge, during her tenure, HP never did business in Iran and fully complied with all U.S. sanctions and laws,” the spokeswoman said, according to the report.
But later in the campaign, the Republican candidate changed her tone on the matter, telling the Lady Globes magazine that technology could help Iran reengage with the world. “But isn’t it wonderful that Dell PCs and Apple iPhones are in Iran, because this is why we know that a woman has been condemned to be stoned to death because she is accused of adultery… The knowledge that we gain about was going on there is important. It gives us a human face on a brutal regime,” Fiorina said.
From 1999-2004, when Carly was serving as HP’s chief executive, the company’s lobbying arm consistently pushed for “unilateral sanctions reform legislation,” Bloomberg found.
However, during her time as the chief executive of HP, she “sold hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of products to Iran through a foreign subsidiary, despite strict U.S. export sanctions,” Bloomberg reports.
While running the show at HP, Fiorina thwarted sanctions by dealing with Iran through European and Middle Eastern companies, allowing for the tech company to dominate the market in Tehran. By 2007, HP-made printers accounted for 41 percent of the total market share in the country, the report states.
Fiorina’s dealings with Iran were established thanks to a 1997 agreement made between the U.S. company and the Indian-owned, Dubai-based Redington Gulf.
As Bloomberg’s Josh Rogin writes, HP was engaging in potentially illegal activity, as U.S. companies were prohibited from exporting to Iran thanks to two executive orders signed by President Bill Clinton in 1995.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission started to inquire about HP’s activities overseas following a 2008 Boston Globe exposé that tracked the company’s dealings with Iran. HP responded, denying that it had thwarted the law, but admitting that the company had sold $120 million dollars worth of products to Redington Gulf, which then sent the products to Iran.
Fiorina’s previous dealings with Iran were brought up when she ran for the California Senate in 2010. At the time, her campaign spokeswoman denied that HP had committed any wrongdoing while she was CEO. “It is illegal for American companies to do business in Iran. To her knowledge, during her tenure, HP never did business in Iran and fully complied with all U.S. sanctions and laws,” the spokeswoman said, according to the report.
But later in the campaign, the Republican candidate changed her tone on the matter, telling the Lady Globes magazine that technology could help Iran reengage with the world. “But isn’t it wonderful that Dell PCs and Apple iPhones are in Iran, because this is why we know that a woman has been condemned to be stoned to death because she is accused of adultery… The knowledge that we gain about was going on there is important. It gives us a human face on a brutal regime,” Fiorina said.
From 1999-2004, when Carly was serving as HP’s chief executive, the company’s lobbying arm consistently pushed for “unilateral sanctions reform legislation,” Bloomberg found.
Re: UNDER CARLY FIORINA, HP SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS TO IRAN
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Obama gave it away for free.
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Date: September 20, 2015 01:43PM
At least she took money from them. Obama is giving them everything for free.
Re: UNDER CARLY FIORINA, HP SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS TO IRAN
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LOL LOL TED CRUZ 150Billion LOL
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Date: September 20, 2015 02:28PM
Obama gave it away for free. Wrote:
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> At least she took money from them. Obama is giving
> them everything for free.
Blah blah blah, to retarded, didn't read. You are a huge fagnut. You excited the republican congress is going to do a vote about forcing Iran to say they love Israel thereby proving none of their objection was ever actually about the deal or nukes?
Fagnuts.
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> At least she took money from them. Obama is giving
> them everything for free.
Blah blah blah, to retarded, didn't read. You are a huge fagnut. You excited the republican congress is going to do a vote about forcing Iran to say they love Israel thereby proving none of their objection was ever actually about the deal or nukes?
Fagnuts.
Re: UNDER CARLY FIORINA, HP SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS TO IRAN
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Dick Cheney
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Date: September 20, 2015 02:39PM
When Dick Cheney was head of Halliburton, the company set up an offshore division to do business with Iran while circumventing US sanctions. Where was the outrage over that in 2000 and 2004?
Re: UNDER CARLY FIORINA, HP SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS TO IRAN
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Dumbass libturdz.
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Date: September 20, 2015 03:09PM
Obama assassinated Americans, libs rejoice.
Re: UNDER CARLY FIORINA, HP SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS TO IRAN
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JADE HELM!!!!!
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Date: September 20, 2015 03:10PM
Dumbass libturdz. Wrote:
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> Obama assassinated Americans, libs rejoice.
Jade helm?
lol what a fagnut you are.
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> Obama assassinated Americans, libs rejoice.
Jade helm?
lol what a fagnut you are.
Re: UNDER CARLY FIORINA, HP SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS TO IRAN
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Dumbass libturdz.
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Date: September 20, 2015 03:16PM
JADE HELM!!!!! Wrote:
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> Dumbass libturdz. Wrote:
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> > Obama assassinated Americans, libs rejoice.
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> Jade helm?
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> lol what a fagnut you are.
Truth and facts. libs hate America!
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> Dumbass libturdz. Wrote:
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> > Obama assassinated Americans, libs rejoice.
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> Jade helm?
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> lol what a fagnut you are.
Truth and facts. libs hate America!
Re: UNDER CARLY FIORINA, HP SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS TO IRAN
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Wingnut the terrorist sympathize
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Date: September 20, 2015 10:10PM
Dumbass libturdz. Wrote:
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> JADE HELM!!!!! Wrote:
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> > Dumbass libturdz. Wrote:
> >
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> > -----
> > > Obama assassinated Americans, libs rejoice.
> >
> >
> > Jade helm?
> >
> > lol what a fagnut you are.
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> Truth and facts. libs hate America!
He killed a terrorist who was published in how to make terrorist weapons. Shouldn't you support that shit? Didn't 3000+ men and women die in Iraq to find assholes like him?
Fagnut. You bitter Obama killed Osama, I get it.
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> JADE HELM!!!!! Wrote:
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> > Dumbass libturdz. Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > -----
> > > Obama assassinated Americans, libs rejoice.
> >
> >
> > Jade helm?
> >
> > lol what a fagnut you are.
>
> Truth and facts. libs hate America!
He killed a terrorist who was published in how to make terrorist weapons. Shouldn't you support that shit? Didn't 3000+ men and women die in Iraq to find assholes like him?
Fagnut. You bitter Obama killed Osama, I get it.
Re: UNDER CARLY FIORINA, HP SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS TO IRAN
Posted by:
VDDk7
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Date: September 21, 2015 05:00AM
This is the general method to get around sanctions and export restrictions. Use a shell company or third party. Everyone does it. You get caught if you don't bribe enough government officials to find someone else to prosecute.
Re: UNDER CARLY FIORINA, HP SOLD MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRODUCTS TO IRAN
Posted by:
KeXuX
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Date: September 21, 2015 04:31PM