Former U.N. Counsel Defends Disclosure

Injunction Puts Cooperation With Congressional Oil-for-Food Probe on Hold

By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 10, 2005; Page A13

UNITED NATIONS, May 9 -- A former U.N.-appointed investigator probing corruption in the Iraq oil-for-food program on Monday defended his decision to retain confidential official documents after he quit the inquiry and give them to a congressional committee.