[Mo1]

Feds smell bribe and or extortion???

Very Possible

Wasn't there a thread about a UN inspector being caught on tape by the Iraqis or something like that?

[cyncooper]

"Wasn't there a thread about a UN inspector being caught on tape by the Iraqis or something like that?"

From Paul Wolfowitz, January 23, 2003:


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/828158/posts

"Intimidation and Coercion: In the past, Iraq did not hesitate to use pressure tactics to obtain information about the inspectors. Often the pressure was quite crude. During the UNSCOM period, one inspector was reportedly filmed in a compromising situation and blackmailed."

[cake_crumb]

"Wasn't there a thread about a UN inspector being caught on tape by the Iraqis or something like that?"

Yep: Wolfowitz's comments to the UN Council on Foreign Relations (ironic, no?)

"Intimidation and Coercion: In the past, Iraq did not hesitate to use pressure tactics to obtain information about the inspectors. Often the pressure was quite crude. During the UNSCOM period, one inspector was reportedly filmed in a compromising situation and blackmailed."