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2004-10-26 International-UN-NGOs

Resistance met in U.N. oil-for-food probe

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Posted by Steve 2004-10-26 9:41:17 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'll be back at 17:00 zulu, have your links in good order.

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-26 9:58:57 AM|| 2004-10-26 9:58:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting they chose to leak to the FT to trash the UN and Congresional investigations. Volcker must be feeling the heat from both sides now.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-26 10:10:37 AM|| 2004-10-26 10:10:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL ~~Mikey~~ Ship

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-26 10:26:40 AM|| 2004-10-26 10:26:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "We'd like to think that they are complementary (to the investigation). But they are not. They are competing," he said.

Now what are the chances that an independent investigation might result in the revelation of things that a UN investigation of itself might not?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-26 10:34:03 AM|| 2004-10-26 10:34:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Interesting that the investigator told the Financial Times, which is based in London. Claudia Rosett pretty much broke this story -- in the Wall Street Journal. Wouldn't be fair to give them all the goodies, and anyway, wouldn't it be more fun for Kofi Annan to get pressure from both sides of the Atlantic?

Posted by trailing wife 2004-10-26 10:44:07 AM|| 2004-10-26 10:44:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 It seems to me that the only way investigations can be "competing", is if they set out to prove different conclusions, ie: one will win and one will lose.

Posted by 2b 2004-10-26 10:52:00 AM|| 2004-10-26 10:52:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 FT link: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3bee4030-26c8-11d9-9157-00000e2511c8.html

After posting above, I went to read the Financial Times story. This was not a leak; its written as an short interview Volker had with reporters from the FT and the Italian business daily Il Sole . This is a warning shot across the bow of Kofi & Friends that Volker's investigation will not be stopped, nor the results kept quiet. The movers & shakers of the world read these particular papers -- what they report carries more weight than any old New York Times "papers of record."

"The independent investigation into corruption under the United Nations oil-for-food programme will pursue its inquiry wherever it leads even to a presidential palace, Paul Volcker, its chairman, has said." Now where is it that presidents live in palaces, pray tell?

Posted by trailing wife 2004-10-26 10:55:20 AM|| 2004-10-26 10:55:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 In other news, the bank robbers are resisting cooperating fully with the constabulary, and have not been forthcoming with documentation concerning the alleged robbery.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-10-26 11:04:18 AM|| 2004-10-26 11:04:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 TW, thatks for the link and info about Il Sole. Interesting choice for the interview. It seems like as much of a warning shot for the DOJ and Congress as for Kofi and friends.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-26 11:20:03 AM|| 2004-10-26 11:20:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 "We'd like to think that they are complementary (to the investigation). But they are not. They are competing," he (Volcker) said.

Hey, Paul - we're Capitalists. Competition is good.

Posted by mojo 2004-10-26 12:20:13 PM|| 2004-10-26 12:20:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 i would have never guessed they would have met resistance in a criminal probe

Posted by smokeysinse 2004-10-26 6:22:03 PM|| 2004-10-26 6:22:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I gave you every chance in the world... but nada. Consider youselves bewritten.

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-26 8:12:09 PM|| 2004-10-26 8:12:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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