Bob McCarty Writes

UPDATE 9-4-09 at 12:12 p.m. Central: Just learned that the judge in the $27 billion environmental lawsuit filed by Amazon Defense Coalition against Chevron in Ecuador has recused himself.  Details here and here!

In a post earlier today, I offered a 20-minute snippet of highlights from 2 hours of video documentation purported by Chevron Corporations officials to be evidence of a $3 million bribery scheme involving Ecuadoran officials — including the judge — involved in the $27 billion environmental lawsuit the Amazon Defense Coalition is waging against the San Ramon, Calif.-based company.  Below, I offer links to transcripts of the 2-hours-long video:

• Meeting 1 Transcript (228 KB);

• Meeting 2 Transcript (195 KB);

• Meeting 3 Transcript (218 KB); and

• Meeting 4 Transcript (217 KB).

For the full transcripts and the complete video recordings, go to www.chevron.com/ecuador.

For more background on the case, read any or all of the 18 posts I’ve published during the past 18 months.

To read Chevron’s news release about today’s bombshell news, click here.