In Iraq a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council Iyad Alawi has told the London-based newspaper al-Hayat that Saddam Hussein’s trial might be held in secret. He was concerned about the “possibility that he will mention the names of states and the names of persons to whom he has given bribes and wealth. We don’t want him to mention all that on television.” Iyad Alawi continued “There are lots of existing documents, and we don’t want to worsen Iraq’s relations with others.” Alawi also said Hussein deposited as much as $40 billion in foreign accounts under fictitious company names around the world. The New York Times though cites a unnamed US official who says the report is “completely wrong.”