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Article: U.K. Attorney General Denies Cover-Up
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- June 8, 2007
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LONDON - Britain's attorney general on Friday denied a newspaper's claim that he ordered officials to withhold information from an international watchdog regarding a massive British arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
The Guardian newspaper, citing unidentified sources, said that Lord Goldsmith ordered officials to conceal the existence of payments totaling more than $2 billion to a Saudi prince. The report said the information was withheld from investigators from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
"I want to make absolutely plain, as my office did last night, that I categorically deny the allegation which The Guardian is making that I ordered investigators to conceal ...