Wolfowitz’s tenure faces fresh test (emergence of a classified Pentagon report)

[sabra]

Source: FT

Paul Wolfowitz’s tenure as president of the World Bank faces a further test after the emergence of a classified Pentagon report pointing to a fresh conflict of interest apparently involving his girlfriend, Shaha Riza.

The report said Mr Wolfowitz told Pentagon investigators he enlisted the help of a World Bank employee with whom he had a “close personal relationship” in “activity supporting the war” in Iraq when he was deputy secretary of defence.

This is likely to be viewed as a violation of bank rules by the World Bank’s board, according to bank officials.

The board is expected to hear from a special panel in the coming days that Mr Wolfowitz separately broke the bank’s ethics code in his handling of a secondment to the state department for Ms Riza.

Read more: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/39d5004e-fe85-11db-bdc7-000b5df10621.html

[maddezmom]

1. K&R

[tabasco]

2. The corrupt neocons are like a nest of maggots.

The more you dig the nastier it gets.

[TheMadMonk]

7. EXCUSE ME!!! Maggots have their uses.

[Double T]

3. How many violations of bank rules and ethics codes does it take........

BEFORE a former corrupt bushco crone is ousted from his throne.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

4. Just LEAVE, comblicker.

Just go away. Nobody wants you around. You're an embarrassment to your nation.

[cliss]

5. DU:ers, we should be thankful

for this World Class Soap opera going on. One mentally deranged man against a very corrupt bank board. It's extremely interesting stuff going on. The longer it lingers, the more crap is going to get exposed.

For once, Wolfowitz is doing us all a favour.

Of course, there is no way he's going to stay. That's a done deal. He's mentally finished, in my opinion. I've seen recent photos of him, and I think for his own good, he needs to retire.

[BlueManDude]

6. He's still up to his neck in Iraq.

[TheMadMonk]

8. He has a "breakdown" over this, he's not fit to testify (or stand).

[truthisfreedom]

9. Bwahahahaha. He's just got to be coming unglued over this.

How many more details will emerge?