Posted on 05/09/2006 7:36:35 PM PDT by do the dhue
A new book alleges that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan was let off easy by investigators looking into Iraq's Oil for Food scandal thanks to the intervention of ex-President Clinton's impeachment lawyer, Greg Craig.
In "The U.N. Exposed: How the United Nations Sabotages America's Security and Fails the World," Fox News Channel reporter Eric Shawn lifts the curtain on the Volcker Committee's investigation into the imbroglio - and explores how Annan managed to slip the noose.
"Accusations that [former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul] Volcker went easy on Kofi persisted," he reports. So much so that two of his investigators, Robert Parton and Miranda Duncan, resigned in protest.
Pierre Mouselli, a business partner of Annan's son Kojo, confessed to Volcker's probers that the U.N. chief knew Kojo was doing business in Iraq, contradicting Annan Sr.'s denials.
In fact, Mouselli claimed to have personally discussed the matter with both Kofi and Kojo at the 1998 the Durban Conference on Racism. The Volcker Committee, however, did "not credit" Mouselli's claims, reports Shawn - concluding that "no independent witnesses" could back up the assertion.
Mouselli's lawyer accused the Volcker Committee of being "manipulated" by Annan's lawyer, Greg Craig, who handled both impeachment and the Elian Gonzales case for President Clinton.
Inexplicably, the high-priced Washington super-lawyer decided not to charge the U.N. chief for his services.
Meanwhile, Secretary General Annan decided to appoint Mr. Clinton as special U.N. envoy for tsunami relief.
Notes Shawn: "Craig's alleged involvement occurred at the same time Clinton was taking a highly visible role at the United Nations, was being mentioned as a possible successor to Annan, and was being given his own office at a U.N. agency."
Great comment.
Clinton is like herpes ping (post 6)
LOL, well that zot may have cured him!
This would be after the 2012 elections.
Yes he can, and if things continue as they are, he will along with his so called wife when they gain power again.
This man needs to be exposed for what he truly is, but it never seems to happen.
Read my name.
By illegal contributions to him China Got The Goods On Clinton.
What I was wondering myself.
ping
If you say so.
bookmark
More like. . .one good favor deserves another. . .U.N. will change the rules. . .
That said. . .just the thought that America's 'first Black Prez' would move to Africa. . .and better. . .is an self-indulgent thought. Made better by the inclusion of his wife going with him.
Such is the stuff of dreams, f course. . .
oops on the bad arrangement sent. . .should have checked when my glasses fell off. . .the point made in there somewhere. . .
Got to be careful with this type of postion. The headline could have just as easily read Limbaugh attorney saved William Kennedy Smith.
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