We’re going to learn that the French role in Saddam Hussein’s oil-for-food scam is much, much bigger than the Duelfer report has shown it to be. Yesterday, I wrote on what the Duelfer report has to say about the French here. Today, NYT columnist William Safire examines the same topic. His most intriguing detail: “A name that keeps coming up in my poking around is Marc Rich, the American billionaire who was for many years a fugitive, until blessed with one of Bill Clinton’s midnight pardons. Rich’s company Trafigura, spun off from the Swiss-based Glencore, and its possible dealings with outfits like Jean-Paul Cayre’s Ibex have excited the interest of many of the sleuths I’ve spoken to.”