Wow! The Duelfer Report sure got buried fast! Don't think even DU had

much about it. What's happened here? In case there's anyone who's interested, you can download some of it here.

Does anyone care? :shrug:

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Comprehensive Report
of the
Special Advisor to the DCI
on Iraq’s WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)



September 30, 2004

This report is in PDF format and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
# Related Links Special: War in Iraq
# Special: War on Terrorism
# Terrorism Laws
# Legal Commentary

http://news.findlaw.com/nytimes/docs/iraq/cia93004wmdrpt.html

The Final Report may also be downloaded in sections by clicking on the links below:

Key Findings <304 KB>
Volume 1 <53,862 KB (Please be patient while file downloads)>

* Charles Duelfer’s Transmittal Message
* Acknowledgements
* Scope Note
* Regime Strategic Intent
* Regime Finance and Procurement

Volume 2 <76,128 KB (Please be patient while file downloads)>

* Delivery Systems
* Nuclear

Volume 3 <69,952 KB (Please be patient while file downloads)>

* Iraq's Chemical Warfare Program
* Biological Warfare
* Glossary and Acronyms


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It's so weird, I mean, this is major, but the news outlets didn't cover it more than a burp.

We already know this, but the official word got ignored out there, and I think it is because of the repuke stranglehold on the media, thanks for posting.

Look down.

Perhaps, in our suffering, we have learned. Perhaps, one day, Mr. Bush and his people will come to know that wisdom which is brought by the awful grace of God.

I will take comfort in three truths: I tried to stop this thing. I stood with millions of Americans, and with millions more around the world, all of whom created the largest public opposition to a war that has ever been seen on Earth. I have no intention of offering any kind of surrender.

There will be a reckoning.
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(BTW: Ritter was on with Blitzer when the report broke last week. CNN tried to cut Blitzer's interview with him short. Blitz over-road the "voice in his ear" saying "I'll finish with Scott Ritter." It was interesting in that Blitzer has been a chief media whore lately. Ritter was excellent.)

It is behind the optimism I'm feeling in the threads here tonight. We know it. We already knew it. But now it's above the surface. And that vindication is a part of many of the positive threads here.

of us who know that the "reckoning" has not come...and may never come in our lifetime. Just as it didn't come with Vietnam as that festering sore still rules our elections and haunts those running for the Presidency. :-(

Oil Firms Say Iraqi Purchases Were Legal
Voucher Rules Met, Companies Contend

By Justin Blum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 12, 2004; Page A18

...

The companies were required to obtain permission from the U.S. government and the United Nations to purchase Iraqi oil under the program. Exxon Mobil spokeswoman Prem Nair said Mobil Export followed that procedure for purchases in 1997 and 1998. A spokesman for ChevronTexaco, Stan Luckoski, said its predecessor companies bought oil "in full compliance with all applicable laws" but could not provide any additional detail.

Those companies, with three U.S. citizens, were among those named in a report released last week by U.S. weapons inspector Charles A. Duelfer, who concluded that Iraq did not possess stockpiles of illicit weapons immediately prior to the U.S.-led invasion. The lengthy report also examined the oil-for-food program, and included names of companies and individuals around the world that traded in Iraqi oil. In most instances, however, the names of the U.S. companies and citizens were expunged from the version of the report that was released publicly. Officials said they did so because of privacy laws.

....

The U.N. oil-for-food program -- under which vouchers were granted -- was created to allow Iraq to raise money for food, medicine and other critical, peaceful needs. But Duelfer's report said that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein also used the program to extract cash kickbacks from some of those he did business with.

...

The report by Duelfer also named these individuals as having received vouchers: Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., a Texas oilman; Samir Vincent, a Fairfax County businessman; and Shakir al-Khafaji of the Detroit area. None returned phone calls.

In addition, the report named Bayoil and Coastal Corp., which has since become part of El Paso Corp. Bayoil officials did not return phone calls. El Paso Corp. filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month saying it had been subpoenaed by the grand jury investigating the U.N. program. A company spokeswoman said she could not provide additional comment.

more
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25416-2004Oct11.html

What the article did not do was to link Enron to Wyatt. Wyatt's connections to Enron are at the beginning and end of Ken Lay's tenure. Wyatt owned the pipeline company (Coastal) that was sold/taken over by Ken Lay which later became Enron (so much more yet so much less than a pipeline company). After the fall of Enron, Wyatt returned, as part of El Paso Energy, to buy the pipeine portion of Enron out of Bankruptcy. A judge did not allow the sale.

So Wyatt is not one of the famed Enron "let's name phoney companies after Chewbaca" crooks, but there is a story there...and Miller and Co so far have chosen not to touch it

more
http://anna.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/9/183058/896

Old Raiders Never Die--They Just Get Even
Oscar Wyatt lost a ton of money on El Paso. Now he's trying to throw the bums out. And he just may succeed.
By Julie Creswell


In 1984, Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., the legendary oilman and corporate raider, made a $1.3 billion hostile bid for Houston Natural Gas Corp. Wyatt was building a network of natural-gas pipelines that would snake around the country. At the time Houston Natural was one of the biggest and most profitable pipeline operators anywhere, and Wyatt wanted it.

Houston Natural had other ideas. To rebuff the raider's play, it offered to buy all the stock in Wyatt's own company, Coastal Corp. Wyatt was furious. A legal battle ensued, and Wyatt eventually walked away--but only after he had forced Houston Natural to buy back his stake at a $14.6 million after-tax profit. Later Houston Natural's CEO, Kenneth Lay (yes, that Kenneth Lay--the company changed its name to Enron in 1985), described Wyatt as "incredibly tenacious." As Lay put it, "Once Wyatt decides he wants to accomplish something, he continues to pursue it until he gets what he wants or runs into a brick wall."





Twenty years, several hundred million dollars, and a few brick walls later, Oscar Wyatt is back, and he wants something--this time, El Paso. In one of the biggest proxy battles in a decade, Wyatt, 78, has teamed up with another major El Paso shareholder, Selim Zilkha, 76, to try to wrest control of the nation's largest natural-gas pipeline company from its management and board of directors. The shootout will occur in mid-June in Houston at El Paso's annual meeting, where shareholders will vote to either keep El Paso's board or replace it with a new slate of directors and CEO, all handpicked by Wyatt and Zilkha. Wyatt isn't seeking a seat on the board, but Zilkha is; their chances of winning, as we'll see later, seem to be improving by the day.

Why would Wyatt and Zilkha, at this point in their lives, mount an exhausting, expensive, and time-consuming proxy battle? Because they're really mad. Each had tied up a huge chunk of his personal wealth in El Paso stock, and together they have lost nearly $900 million on paper... Continue
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/investing/articles/0,15114,457435,00.html


from Gman in LBN

OMG!! Oscar Wyatt Jr?!

Its a very long story, (and I hope I remember it correectly) but way back in the mid-70's, Wyatt (Sr.) owned Coastal States Gas which had contracts to supply natural gas to San Antonio. During the energy crisis, Coastal and others cornered the natural gas market and jacked up the price of natural gas artificially. San Antonio at the time generated all of its electricity with natural gas which was considered the cheapest, cleanest and most reliable source of energy. But as a result of the price gouging, electricity costs went through the roof. San Antonio, and others, sued Wyatt and won. As a result, Valero Energy was formed to supply natural gas to San Antonio. In the meantime, SA started plans to move to coal power and has been on coal now to this day. Wyatt was the most hated man in Texas at that time.

Freepers have been crying about Saddam, France and others and this oil for food program. They've also been screaming for Bush to use it somehow against Kerry as another reason Saddam had to go and that the media was ignoring it or covering it up. This whole thing may well end up being a "be careful what you ask for" thing for the Freepers because if this thing is touching Texas Energy companies I can guarantee you it will also touch Bush, Halliburton and Cheney directly.

This may be the OCTOBER SURPRISE!

involving the Bushies. Won't it get spun as..."well the Democrats were involved, too?"

in the face of this kind of report

I find it incomprehensible that not only is the little bushturd still pretending to be President, there have been no calls for him to step down. In fact, I'm surprised there is no criminal action against the bushgang over the findings in this report.

Yeah- too bad the mainstream media still under reports these facts.

regarding a little-known tid-bit from this report that possibility of terrorism has GROWN because of the invasion. I did not get one response.

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2476173&mesg_id=2476173>

I think we here on DU and other places should try to keep it alive. Just as we were all over the WMD/CHEM/BIO story and knew the truth, we need to keep posting about this.

Kicking a post is important. Posts move so fast today that it's hard to keep up with posts containing important information. :kick:

We've gotten side-tracked with the bulge, Sinclair and now "nuisances". We ought to be able to stay on Sinclair and the Duelfer Report at the same time. Particularly Wyatt and the Oil For Food. Just another connection between Bush, oil and fraud. We need to push that story.

n/t