Clinton & Bush Administrations Condoned Saddam's Oil Smuggling

Documents show both the Clinton and Bush Administrations allowed Saddam to break oil embargoes -- so long as the trade was with US allies. Both administrations turned a blind eye while profiting militarily and politically from it. CNN obtained memos from top ranking State Department officials in both the Clinton and Bush administrations. The memos suggest Iraqi oil smuggling to Turkey and Jordan was allowed to continue because the US needed the countries as allies -- so it was deemed in "the national interest" to allow the embargo breaking practice. It's estimated the oil smuggling was worth $5.7 billion to $13.6 billion -- far more than the $4.4 billion he got in the UN Oil-for-Food scandal. (CNN)