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The lawyer for Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt launched a passionate defense Monday, arguing that the government's prosecution of his client for subverting the U.N.'s Oil-for-Food program by paying illegal surcharges to Iraqi officials to secure oil contracts was the U.S. "at its hypocritical worst." The government argues that Iraqi officials knew they "could count on Oscar Wyatt" because he had been helping them out for 20 years. But Wyatt's attorney responded that his client was the victim of political animus.