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Ex-Oil-for-Food Investigators May Be Subpoenaed
Fox News ^
| May 05, 2005
| Jonathan Hunt and Per Carlson
Posted on 05/05/2005 7:24:47 AM PDT by ArmyBratproud
NEW YORK — Sen. Norm Coleman (search) is preparing subpoenas in order to force two former Oil-for-Food (search) investigators to testify, FOX News has learned.
The Republican chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations could issue the direct challenge as early as Thursday to Paul Volcker (search), head of the Independent Inquiry Committee probing corruption in the $64 billion U.N. program.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; annan; bluehelmets; clinton; hillary; kofi; kofianan; marcrich; oilforfood; pardongate; uncorruption; unsexcrimes; volcker
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To: snowrip
All of this just shows the NEED to confirm Bolton.
We need a tough guy in there to knock heads around.
To: johnb838
Congress needs to wake up. The point of the reports is that Congress is wide awake and not accepting the latest attempts by the UN to block their investigations.
To: ArmyBratproud
"IIC spokesman Mike Holtzman issued this response on Wednesday: "We need to keep our eye on the ball and can't be sidetracked by allowing our investigators to be hauled in front of this or any other legislature. The immunities we enjoy are the same as the U.S. Congress. They're there for a reason: to allow us to do our job unimpeded. They are not cloaks and veils.""
That's a pretty transparent attempt to cover things up.
These are former investigators that resigned in protest because they felt the investigation was intentionally withholding damaging information.
Since they are no longer part of the investigation, they clearly can't be sidetracked from the investigation.
"But, the spokesman added, "To subpoena investigators would harm the integrity of the investigation.""
The integrity of the investigation is what's in question. Secrecy and obstructionism is what is harming the integrity of the investigation.
To: johnb838
You're right.
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05/05/2005 8:42:32 AM PDT
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b4its2late
(Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.)
To: johnb838
Volker is acting kind of sleazy too if you ask me. I thought he would be above the fray, but I guess not seeing he was appointed by Kofi to do the "independent" investigation. Wonder how much UN money, hence US money, Volker blew on it?
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05/05/2005 8:45:12 AM PDT
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b4its2late
(Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.)
To: b4its2late
10s of millions i'd guess
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05/05/2005 9:16:49 AM PDT
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johnb838
(Free Republicans... To Arms!)
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