Also having a bad day...

Alexander Yakovlev, a former UN procurement officer accused of taking kickbacks in the oil-for-food scandal, after Kofi Annan waived his diplomatic immunity.

One suspects the US Justice Department will have no diffiulty asking the White House for funds for the investigation; if only to deflect attention from the hideous corruption endemic in post-war Iraq (run, er, by the US).

Shhhh ! Don't mention the 'H' word...