In November 2010 , Macdonald led a CBC investigation into the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon , which had been mandated with solving the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The report uncovered documents suggesting the UN investigative body had strong evidence to link the Shia paramilitary group Hezbollah to the 2005 bombing that killed Hariri , and that the UN had not acted on this intelligence due to diplomatic concerns . Macdonald 's report also sharply criticized the performance of the Special Tribunal 's head prosecutor , Daniel Bellemare , who responded that he was " extremely disappointed " with the report
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Assassination of Rafic Hariri
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