Saturday, January 22, 2005

Clintonoids knew about UN Oily Food Scandal

Didn't you always kinda suspect it?

"They [the Clinton administration] knew of problems in the program and were informed on three separate occasions." So claims a central figure in the scandal-ridden U.N.-Iraq Oil-for-Food Program who himself has been accused of wrongdoing.

The program, under investigation by several U.S. and U.N. special panels, was the target of criminal indictments by the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday.

"They [the Security Council] always knew what was going on," the source explained. "[Aunt Madeleine] Albright and [Ricky] Holbrooke were well aware of problems. … They knew everything that went on in the 661 Committee."

Well, of course they did. There wasn't a scandal in the Western Hemisphere into which Mr. Bill didn't have his porcine digits inserted like an insatiable proctologist. Aunt Madeleine and her might-have-been-but-mercifully-will-not-be successor as SecState were probably Sick Willie's bagman and, well, bag lady at Turtle Bay.

At least Ms. Half-bright looked the part.