He said Iraq was in violation of U.N.

CNN: Ex-Iraq inspector: Prewar intelligence failure 'disturbing'

In 1995, as a result of another defector, we find out that, after his invasion of Kuwait, Saddam Hussein had initiated a crash program to build a crude nuclear weapon in violation of Iraq's U.N. obligations.

CNN: Transcript of Powell's U.N. presentation

Since 2011, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has filed more than 20 of notices of violation against his auto-parts empire, Illinois-based Flex-N-Gate.

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After a long U.N. career, Riza had resigned in disgrace just a few months earlier, after disclosures by Paul Volcker's Oil-for-Food inquiry that Riza, in violation of his own orders to staff, had overseen the shredding of three years worth of U.N. executive suite documents of "potential relevance" to the investigation.

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