▁the ▁O il - for - F ood ▁Program me . ▁Ben on ▁Se van , ▁with ▁support ▁from ▁K of i ▁Ann an , ▁had ▁written ▁letters ▁to ▁all ▁former ▁O il - for - F ood ▁contract ors ▁asking ▁them ▁to ▁consult ▁Se van ▁before ▁re le asing ▁any ▁documents ▁to ▁G A O ▁or ▁US ▁con gression al ▁inqu iry ▁pan els . ▁Through out ▁its ▁history , ▁the ▁programme ▁had ▁received ▁both ▁compla ints ▁from ▁critics ▁saying ▁that ▁it ▁needed ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁open ▁and ▁compla ints ▁from ▁companies ▁about ▁propriet ary ▁information ▁being ▁dis closed . ▁ ▁The ▁United ▁Nations ▁has ▁denied ▁all ▁requests ▁by ▁the ▁G A O ▁for ▁access ▁to ▁confident ial ▁internal ▁aud its ▁of ▁the ▁O il - for - F ood ▁Program me . ▁ ▁While ▁attempting ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁complexity ▁of ▁the ▁O il - for - F ood ▁Program me ▁for ▁articles ▁in ▁The ▁Wall ▁Street ▁Journal , ▁investig ative ▁journalist ▁Claud ia ▁Ros ett ▁of ▁the ▁Foundation ▁for ▁the ▁Def ence ▁of ▁Dem oc ra cies ▁and ▁the ▁Hudson ▁Institute ▁discovered ▁that ▁the ▁UN ▁treated ▁details ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁ident ities ▁of ▁O il - for - F ood ▁contract ors ; ▁the ▁price , ▁quantity ▁and ▁quality ▁of ▁goods ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁relief ▁de als ; ▁and ▁the ▁ident ities ▁of ▁the ▁oil ▁buy ers ▁and ▁the ▁precise ▁quantities ▁that ▁they ▁received ▁as ▁confident ial . ▁The ▁bank ▁statements , ▁the ▁interest ▁paid , ▁and ▁the ▁transactions ▁were ▁all