SPECIAL REPORT #1

This blog has new information from sources close to the investigation of the United Nations Oil-for-Food Scandal by Paul Volcker’s Independent Inquiry Committee.

Mouselli appears to be reliable. I have spoken to him briefly on the phone in Paris and at some length with his attorney Adrian Gonzalez-Maltes.

Source for first paragraph – and for info that follows is not necessarily Mouselli or Gonzales-Maltes.

SPECIAL REPORT #2

What follows is information that comes from only one source – Mouselli’s attorney Adrian Gonzales-Maltes.

SPECIAL REPORT #3

This blog has had a special look inside at how this investigation has been working.

I believe that Roger has provided sufficient information for a reader of moderate (or less) intelligence to adequately assess and weight the reportage. The WJS has provided corroboration through other sources of the reliability of the reportage of SPECIAL REPORT #1.

One might compare and contrast the number of articles written by the sterling journos of the WaPo and NYT on – oh let’s say Al Qaa Qaa or the Swift Boat Vets or – hell, pick any one of thousands. Generally based upon “highly placed sources who insist on anonymity” and printed by editors who will defend their reporters protection of sources to the point of sending them off to jail – Hi, Judith! – Martha said it wasn’t too bad.

Why do I think sour grapes when reading criticism of a “non credentialed” report that was a huge scoop? If Roger gets something wrong – he has the guts to admit it – and that has happened damned few times.