[dandelion]

A great article here from the Houston Chronicle - way more detail...

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/2838780

[FesterUSMC]

I bet Ted Kennedy's Name is gonna come up, in this... I have a weird feeling....

[backhoe]

Thanks- I will use that link.

[Casaubon]

here is the officail spin...by the looks of it.

http://www.politrix.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1413

[Quilla]

The Houston Chronicle's article does indeed go into further detail. You'd think if they were going to expend that much effort to research Wyatt's involvement and history, they would have discovered his political leanings as well.

[prairiebreeze]

From that Houston Chronicle link:

Wyatt Announced in March 1997 that he would retire and begin lobbying in Washington to lift sanctions against Iraq and Libya.

Pretty much says it all about Wyatt. Following Saddam's agenda completely.

Prairie

[sure_fine]

Wyatt got lion's share

The largest of the allocations went to Wyatt, who the list said had received allocations totaling 74 million barrels. At the profit rates of 15 cents to 85 cents per barrel that were reported in the arms inspector's study, he could have earned $23 million.

The names of the American companies and citizens who benefited from the voucher scheme were not included in the published report prepared by the Iraqi Survey Group that was released Wednesday by the CIA, because the names of American individuals cannot be publicly disclosed under privacy laws. But the names were contained in unedited copies given to the White House and to several congressional committees.

Tony Fratto, a Treasury Department spokesman, said U.S. sanctions on Iraq had prohibited American companies and individuals from interacting directly with Iraqi officials.

But the oil dealers were permitted to get special authorization from the federal government to bid on U.N. contracts under the oil-for-food program. He said the agency was "actively investigating" whether the American entities and people circumvented that requirement.

Wyatt got lion's share

"Tony Fratto, a Treasury Department spokesman, said U.S. sanctions on Iraq had prohibited American companies and individuals from interacting directly with Iraqi officials".