Kofi's Document Search

According to Drudge:

Kofi's documents, emails, phone logs, etc., are being investigated for UNSCAM links.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm

Investigators probing alleged corruption at the United Nations' Iraq oil-for-food program are scrutinizing thousands of pages of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's documents, including e-mail and phone records, to determine whether he exerted influence in securing a contract for a Swiss company that employed his son.

Paul Volcker, the head of the independent investigation, confirmed the document search and told The Associated Press that new information had led investigators to delay publishing their findings about Annan's son Kojo, whose activities have embroiled the U.N. chief in the growing scandal.

"There were things that came along that threw us back," Volcker said in an AP interview.

This is the most unsurprising news I've heard yet. This should have been conducted months ago when the scandal first broke - in order to capture documents and evidence before anyone had a chance to hide/shred/destroy any incriminating evidence.

One has to wonder what the document retention policy at the UN was prior to UNSCAM, and whether new policies have been implemented in order to retain documents for investigational and auditing purposes. In the wake of the Enron scandal, US businesses were required to hold onto business records for longer periods and establish written rules for document retention. The purpose of those policy changes was to enable investigators to figure out what may have happened in scandals - who authorized decisions, what was involved, and who may be liable.