Senate Democrat Says Heads Should Roll Following MMS Revelations

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) tells Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that Americans perceive the MMS as having a "shameful culture of corruption," which must be set right immediately. (0:30)
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UN Africa Advisor David Mehdi Hamam Speaks With UN Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi

United Nations Correspondent Tala Dowlatshahi interviews David Mehdi Hamam, the Chief of the Office of the Special Advisor on Africa for the United Nations on UN Talk Radio Day Friday on Sudan, Somalian pirates, corruption, Rwandan relations with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the state of Africa’s natural resources. (9:38)
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Perriello: Congress Dedicated to Ending Corruption

Freshman Congressman Tom Perriello (D-VA) explains how he believes that Congress is dedicated to ending corruption, and how the Clean Law for Earmark Accountability Reform marks a major move in the direction to stamp it out. He believes this issue transcends all political parties because it is an issue that casts a shadow over all representatives. (0:28)
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Hodes: CLEAN is Key for Public Approval of Congress

Representative Paul Hodes (D-N.H.) explains why he feels that the Clean Law for Earmark Accountability Reform Act is so important for Congress. He believes that it will help to restore Americans trust in their elected officials. (0:45)
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The new Bosnian criminal elite

Author Peter Andreas sees the root of new Bosnian corruption in the little known role of a criminal economy in the Siege of Sarajevo. (0:45)
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In Iraq, “corruption and its consequences are the fuel that sustains the insurgency”

James Mattil, who had been Chief of Staff for the Office of Accountability and Transparency (OAT), says that OAT was set up to “provide assistance, training, and support to Iraq’s anti-corruption agencies.” He says that OAT was under-staffed and had no operating budget, and that whenever OAT tried to implement U.S. policy, “our own officials blocked us.” He says that “corruption and its consequences are the fuel that sustains the insurgency, providing the money, the people and the motivation to fight Americans in Iraq.” (0:56)
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“In a sense, the Department of State has contributed to the killing and maiming of U.S. soldiers”

Judge Arthur Brennan, who had served in Iraq in 2007 as the Director of the Office of Accountability and Transparency, says in a hearing titled “Have Bush Administration Reconstruction and Anti-Corruption Failures Undermined the U.S. Mission in Iraq?” that the Department of State misled the U.S. Congress, the American people, and the people of Iraq. He also says the Department of State contributed to the consequences of corruption, and that “billions of U.S. and Iraqi dollars have been lost, stolen, and wasted.” (0:46)
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In Afghanistan corruption is necessary for survival

US Army General Livingston, Deputy Commanding General of Combined Security Transition Command, says they are doing very well as far as the security situation is concerned. Corruption is a need for survival. Some people use it to get ahead or to prepare for the next hard time. We have had to remove the need for corruption, he says, by instituting better pay systems in the army and police side by using electronic funds transfers, instituting an Afghan National Security force ID card, and they have eliminated a lot of the methods of corruption, and a lot of needs for corruption. (1:00)
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