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Oil-for-food scandal investigator conflict of interest?
CFP ^ | December 6, 2004 | Judi McLeod

Posted on 12/06/2004 6:12:38 AM PST by MikeEdwards

Paul Volcker, the man charged with the task of investigating the UN oil-for-food scandal, has by his association with the Montreal-based Power Corporation, a potential conflict of interest as chief scandal investigator.

Last April, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan authorized Volcker to investigate the oil-for-food program.

Volcker, the former chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, pledged "a thorough inquiry" into allegations of impropriety in the administration and management of the UN Iraq oil-for-food program.

That pledge was apparently made with an undisclosed conflict of interest. Handpicked for the job by Annan, the secretary general can hardly expect the outside world to have any confidence in Volcker as a credible independent investigator.

Volcker’s membership in David Rockefeller’s Trilateral Commission, identified by LizMichael.com as "a super-elite cabal of 300 international powerbrokers, who practically rule the world", but does not publish its membership list on the Internet, is well known. . . . .

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: annan; foodforoil; kofi; oilforfood; trilateralcommission; un; unitednations

1 posted on 12/06/2004 6:12:39 AM PST by MikeEdwards
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Volcker’s membership in David Rockefeller’s Trilateral Commission, identified by LizMichael.com as "a super-elite cabal of 300 international powerbrokers, who practically rule the world..."

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2 posted on 12/06/2004 6:45:10 AM PST by Grut
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To: MikeEdwards

"Investigate thorughly" and keep Clinton's name from comming up!


3 posted on 12/06/2004 7:09:11 AM PST by Waco
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To: MikeEdwards

Baaaaah, baaaaah say the wolfs...


4 posted on 12/06/2004 8:11:07 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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