AT News Editor, Ed Lasky, reveals  how a high ranking UN official is putting the squeeze on internal investigators as they look into still more corruption at the troubled organization.  Specifically, the report cites the inability of the UN to to monitor and provide fiscal discipline to its procurement department. Here is the delicious irony: the procurement department handles contracts to support UN missions.  One of the favorite rants from those on the left is the "Cheney/Halliburton sole source contract" phony corruption charges that always seem to get traction in the antique media.  It apparently never crossed their minds that the UN obtains material and services the same way the US military does — they let contracts to those evil, private corporations to do the work. The Washington Times has more details on this sad situation.  The GAO report submitted to Congress today notes that the procurement office in the Peacekeeping Department...(Read Full Post)