U.N. Oil for Food Scandal....
....Defendants legal fee's.and who pays
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Caught this on FoxNews.com, thought some might find this somewhat ironic...if not sick....
"NEW YORK — Paul Volcker's investigating panel on Wednesday said the rationale used by the United Nations to justify paying Benon Sevan's (search) legal fees in the Oil-for-Food probe is "incorrect."
The assessment follows the announcement Tuesday that the United Nations agreed to reimburse Sevan, the suspended head of the U.N. Oil-for-Food program (search) in Iraq, for legal fees he incurred during an investigation into allegations of fraud in the operation.
Payment for Sevan's legal fees was to come out of the account containing the 2.2 percent of Iraqi oil revenues from the $64 billion program earmarked for its administration, said U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard.
Sevan's fees are to be reimbursed with Iraqi oil funds set aside to help administer the program. That means Iraq oil money would essentially pay for Sevan to defend himself against charges that he bilked the program."
............Gotta love robbing Peter to pay Paul...........
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FoxNews.com
"NEW YORK — Paul Volcker's investigating panel on Wednesday said the rationale used by the United Nations to justify paying Benon Sevan's (search) legal fees in the Oil-for-Food probe is "incorrect."
The assessment follows the announcement Tuesday that the United Nations agreed to reimburse Sevan, the suspended head of the U.N. Oil-for-Food program (search) in Iraq, for legal fees he incurred during an investigation into allegations of fraud in the operation.
Payment for Sevan's legal fees was to come out of the account containing the 2.2 percent of Iraqi oil revenues from the $64 billion program earmarked for its administration, said U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard.
Sevan's fees are to be reimbursed with Iraqi oil funds set aside to help administer the program. That means Iraq oil money would essentially pay for Sevan to defend himself against charges that he bilked the program."
............Gotta love robbing Peter to pay Paul...........
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FoxNews.com
.....it's gonna be real interesting to see how they can defend this action.....but then again....5 years ago I'd never thought I'd be hearing about the Oil for Food scandal, UN security council members violation UN arms embargo's for Iraq, UN peacekeepers raping people they were supposed to be helping, etc.....If any new scandals emerge from the UN, how are it's defenders gonna defend that.....time to scrap it and start anew....