New Jersey’s Bad Pennies

The US Senate is looking into allegations that a former US senator from New Jersey urged Baghdad to give a US company, Bright and Bright, lucrative contracts under the United Nations oil-for-food program. The allegations are based on Iraqi documents, including diplomatic cables, retrieved after the fall of Saddam Hussein. For more on the story see Roberto’s post.

And in other news, Fausta says, He's baaack.