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To: dead
prevented a UN whistleblower from releasing evidence he gathered that pointed towards Kofi Annan's guilt in the oil-for-food scandal.

Are we investigating this?
13 posted on 05/09/2006 8:20:40 PM PDT by do the dhue (I hope y'all will help bail me out of jail after I dot Alan Sphincter's eyes.)
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To: do the dhue
Are we investigating this?

There’s nothing to investigate really. The judge blocked release of the information:

Judge Blocks Ex-Prober From Giving Oil-for-Food Docs to Congress

WASHINGTON — A federal judge blocked a former investigator from giving Congress documents from the probe into the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal Monday, granting the United Nations a victory in its effort to keep material from the investigation from making its way into U.S. lawmakers' hands.

U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina in Washington issued the temporary restraining order after the United Nations filed a petition to block congressional subpoenas for Robert Parton. The ex-FBI agent quit the U.N.-appointed Independent Inquiry Committee in April, reportedly because he believed it ignored evidence critical of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Parton was eventually allowed to speak to congressional investigators behind closed doors (apparently, his information was so scandalous only scandal hardened souls like congressman could even bear to hear it, us mere mortals are not worthy. We should just pick up the tab and keep our mouths shut.)

Parton is not allowed to speak publically about it – Volcker and the United Nations obtained a seven-year injunction against him.

18 posted on 05/09/2006 8:34:37 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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