UNSCAM UPDATE: An oil-for-food investigator killed by a carbomb in Iraq. As reader Tom Brosz notes, “As an analogy, imagine if the Mafia had killed a major investigator into the Watergate break-in years ago. What conclusions would the media have drawn from that?”

And there’s this significant bit:

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The Iraqi official in charge of investigating allegations against the U.N. oil-for-food program was the target of the bomb that killed him, according to the interior ministry.

Somebody should ask Kofi what he thinks about this. More thoughts here.