hypocalypse

The latest report from Serge Brammertz, the head of the UN commission investigating the murder of Rafiq al-Hariri, is out and it seems like some progress has been made.  With Bolton's recent resignation, I'm wondering if he had a preview of the report and decided that yet another card was stacking against him and his ilk, prompting his unexpected resignation, dismaying his boss.  Remember that is was Bolton who was pining for Syrian regime cooperation (on his terms).  Bolton got what he wanted:

Brammertz said Syria's cooperation with his investigators "remains timely and efficient'' though he criticized 10 other countries - which he did not name - for failing to respond to 22 requests from the commission. 

But maybe not what he expected?

Investigators are looking at numerous motives including assassination by an extremist group because of Hariri's links to other states in the region and in the West, before his possible success in May 2005 elections, because of his likely expose of a bank fraud, and as "a convenient cover'' to cast suspicion on others.

Could that possibly refer to the logic of the Syrian regime that they are the ones who stood to lose the most from the murder, and therefore are the least likely to have committed the crime?  Maybe.  And what of those 10 other countries who aren't cooperating, while Syria's cooperation "remains timely and efficient"? Getting closer to the truth, hopefully.

At least Brammertz is showing his professionalism in not leaking anything that could prejudice the trial.  Something Mehlis specifically didn't do.