Remember when the "Oil For Food" scandal? Saddam dodged sanction by selling black market oil, and that was why we had invade Iraq! And Kofi Annon needed to resign because of the scandal! And it was all Clinton's fault anyway!
http://www.foxnews.com/...
Oil-for-Food Scandal Draws Scrutiny to U.N.
Monday, September 20, 2004
"I believe the U.N., parts of it, have been corrupt for years. But this went to a whole new level," said Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations......"I think it's not only possible that insurgents are using Oil-for-Food money -- I think it's very likely,"......American blood is on the hands of a number of European countries.....some of the explanation clearly has to be the Oil-for-Food program."
That was then, this is now.
Nov. 14, 2007, 2:07PM
Chevron agrees to $30 million oil-for-food settlement
WASHINGTON — Chevron Corp. has agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations it knowingly purchased Iraqi oil from companies that were funneling illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime
. http://www.chron.com/...
And who from Chevron is going to resign for having "American blood on their hands?"
Why did this story fall from public view after wingnuts obsessed over it for so long? Maybe because Condi was on Chevrons board at the time?
The Carpetbagger Report connects the dots.
If only Chevron had some kind of internal policy committee, as part of the company’s board of directors, with a knowledgeable expert responsible for looking out for these kinds of problems. Oh wait, it did — and it was led by Condoleezza Rice.
According to the Volcker report, surcharges on Iraqi oil exports were introduced in August 2000 by the Iraqi state oil company, the State Oil Marketing Organization. At the time, Condoleezza Rice, now secretary of state, was a member of Chevron’s board and led its public policy committee, which oversaw areas of potential political concerns for the company.
Ms. Rice resigned from Chevron’s board on Jan. 16, 2001, after being named national security advisor by President Bush.
Sean McCormack, a State Department spokesman, referred inquires to Chevron.
Hmm. Rice wasn’t just on Chevron’s board when the company was paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein, she was in charge of the company’s policy committee, which existed to look for potential political problems.
It doesn’t take too big a stretch to narrow the options down a bit: Rice either knew about the kickbacks or she wasn’t particularly on the ball when it came to leading Chevron’s public policy committee.