Oil For Food Scandal Still Bubbling

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NewsMax can confirm that former director of the scandal-plagued Oil-for-Food Program Benon V. Sevan is now the target of a criminal probe by Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau.

The investigation, first reported in the New York Sun and verified by NewsMax, centers on allegations that Sevan not only steered U.N. aid contracts to favored bidders but also actually received compensation from the government of Saddam Hussein in the form of oil vouchers reportedly worth more than $1.5 million.

Sevan has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing despite allegations by U.N. chief investigator Paul Volcker that the former U.N. official had engaged in “critical” lapses of judgment in his administration of the $60 billion aid program.
While not giving any time frame for prospective indictments, the DA’s office hinted such action could come soon, within weeks.

newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/12/154450.shtml
 
An interesting look at how the UN takes care of its own:

"…It looked like an orchestrated hit. The same version was repeated through the usual accommodators with almost no variation.

The thrust of it was to show that Secretary General Kofi Annan was taking firm action by firing Joseph Stephanedes, who was made to look like a major culprit in the Food-for-Oil mismanagement crisis. For added impact, there was a mysterious reference to 40 staff members fired by Mr. Annan since taking over.

No indication was given as to who they were and when they were fired. They do not seem to include the resilient Ali Baba nor the Omega man in Geneva who was recently extended. Certainly none of those with Under-Secretary General rank, not even those specifically mentioned in the watered-down Volcker report was seriously shaken…"

"… Former Chef de Cabinet Iqbal Riza, who shredded documents for months even after all other staff had received a memo instructed not to do so, received a letter of glowing praise. Ironically, he must deserve much recognition from Mr. Annan for his initiatives in handling correspondence (like before the Rwanda massacre), aerial maps and, last but not least, shredded documents. Riza will never be touched as he will no doubt continue his advisory services (with impunity and immunity) now that he is entrusted with the delicate task of promoting dialogue among cultures.

Even Benon Sevan, who was set up for a public barb"…eque, managed to survive with so many of his former colleagues wishing him the best in what he decides. His contract was just renewed. A media outburst about his legal fees died down after his lawyer reminded Mark Malloch-Brown that it was he in a previous capacity who had proposed that the U.N. should pay them…"

unforum.com/UNheadlines242.htm
 
Was this solely an upper class con or were bottom feeders such as Marc Rich and George Soros allowed in?

See Maurice Strong got a taste of the action.

Reported yesterday that Bolton will accept a recess appointment to the UN. That would be good until the end of 2006.
 
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Was this solely an upper class con or were bottom feeders such as Marc Rich and George Soros allowed in?

See Maurice Strong got a taste of the action.

Reported yesterday that Bolton will accept a recess appointment to the UN. That would be good until the end of 2006.
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I think one of the reasons its taken so long for names to emerge as the “tagged” is that there were so many hands in the till they had to be sorted out and then like a game of musical chairs, the one who was left standing at the end appears headed for indictment. Personally I hope Bolton brings to light a great deal more of the shenannigans which pass for “statesmanship” at that place. What a nest of vipers.
 
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