One more thing from the I’m-trynna-get-that-oil story. The Times reports that this is the administration’s exculpatory argument:

The advice on the drafting of the contracts was not binding, he said, and sometimes the ministry chose to ignore it. “The ministry did not have to take our advice,” he said, adding that the Iraqis had also turned to the Norwegian government for counsel. “It has been their sole decision.”

Says the Mafioso: It’s true, I may have had my men outside the building. But all I did was offer some friendly advice. He signed his business over to me of his own free will…

Dave Chappelle explained this all several years ago.