Perhaps it was not a coincidence that Volker released his report while everyone was preoccupied with Miers and Plame. Not that the media have ever needed any excuse to cover up on behalf of Kofi Annan and his crooked friends at the UN.
As for France, they would be nowhere in international politics without their seat on the Security Council, which allows them to wheel and deal and solicit bribes from corrupt regimes all over the world. Time to put an end to that, IMHO