Informed Speculation

The resourceful Claudia Rosett digs deeper into the Oil-For-Food scandal, and, lo and behold, out pops another family member of Kofi Annan’s:

To the cast of characters caught up in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, investigators have reportedly added another name, that of the secretary-general’s brother, Kobina Annan.

That means at least three members of the Annan clan are now under scrutiny, including Secretary-General Annan himself, his globetrotting son, Kojo Annan, and his brother, who is Ghana’s ambassador to Morocco.

This latest news comes from London, where the Sunday Times’s Robert Winnett reported yesterday that the U.N.-authorized investigation into oil for food, led by a former chairman of the Federal Reserve board, Paul Volcker, is looking into suspected business connections between Kobina Annan and a family friend, Ghanaian businessman Michael Wilson.

At this point, I think it’s not partisan nor out of line to say that while Annan remains at the head, the U.N. has no credibility whatsoever (hat tip to the Instapundit)…