Delays

I won't be able to get to this until the weekend, however, it would seem that the promised "damning report" won't be released after all. Here are the links.

The press release is here. Amongst other things it says

The IAMB previously announced its concern about the use of non-competitive contracting using DFI resources. The IAMB agreed to the terms of reference for a special audit of sole-sourced contracts proposed by the U.S. Government, to be completed by an independent auditor. The audit, which will cover the period up to the dissolution of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), is expected to be completed by April 2005. The results of the audit are to be made public.

Am I misreading this? What happened between the weekend and now that saw that report shelved? Maybe I'm being too conspiratorial.

The summary to which it refers is here. It's particularly useful for putting all of these reports that I've haphazardly noted in some kind of order. I should now have plenty of time between now and April 2005 to do that.

As an amusing side-note, the IAMB has now taken to italicising the word known in the phrase "the IAMB concluded that proceeds of known oil sales were deposited in the DFI and that disbursements from the account were properly authorized and recorded. However ...". I guess that's a hint for all the slack-arse journalists who actually get paid to inform us about this.