Former KBR Chairman and CEO Albert "Jack" Stanley, a close friend of Vice President Dick Cheney, pleaded guilty today in Houston to masterminding a $180 million slush fund to bribe Nigerian official to get natural gas contracts worth $6 billion. Under a plea agreement, Stanley, 65, will be sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay $10 million restitution, roughly what he said he received in bribes. The Justice Department said it is... ...