Posted on 04/16/2007 7:07:46 AM PDT by Obadiah
The World Bank released its files in the case of President Paul Wolfowitz's ethics on Friday, and what a revealing download it is. On the evidence in these 109 pages, it is clearer than ever that this flap is a political hit based on highly selective leaks to a willfully gullible press corps.
Mr. Wolfowitz asked the World Bank board to release the documents, after it became possible the 24 executive directors would adjourn early Friday morning without taking any action in the case. This would have allowed Mr. Wolfowitz's anonymous bank enemies to further spin their narrative that he had taken it upon himself to work out a sweetheart deal for his girlfriend and hide it from everyone.
The documents tell a very different story--one that makes us wonder if some bank officials weren't trying to ambush Mr. Wolfowitz from the start. Bear with us as we report the details, because this is a case study in the lack of accountability at these international satrapies.
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
And count on a gleeful media to yet again attack Wolfowitz. A former member of the hated Bush "regime".
I don;’t think it’s a hit job this time, he really does take care of his girlfriend and all his cronies at the expense of others. he walked in there and treated them all like the enemy and it’s not surprising that they struck back with this data. The wsj is being selective in its data, the ft reporting will give the full picture.
Funny how you post the IBD article and defend its reporting. I will take WSJ over IBD most days. Sounds like you have and agenda where maybe conservative is absent and liberal is not.
It's interesting that you have such respect for the FT - an anti-American rag which has already done its level best to obscure the "full picture."
But your reasoning is clear: Wolfowitz deserves to get slimed because you believe he was rude to World Bank employees when he entered his new role.
You believe it is moral to slander someone anonymously - as long as you feel you have a legitimate grudge against them.
Good luck on the Clinton '08 campaign.
KF's modus operandi is pretty set: make an extremely vague, slimy claim about Wolfowitz, cite the MSM as an authority and then fail to answer any substantive arguments against KF's weak position.
Thanks. That answers that. :)
Not only is Wolfowitz a Bush guy...but he is the dreaded “NEOCON”....that the left love to make out to be boogie men.
I am so glad you posted this...so WE have the facts, even if the MSM and the dems won’t give it to us.
PING...
If you are a Republican, you had best live like a saint, not that that would stop them in this murderous atmosphere.
Agreed.
As the old saying goes, “Caesar’s wife, like Caesar, must be above reproach.”
If your going to “clean house” you better be squeaky clean yourself...I dont feel any pain for Wolfy.
And...he’s a Jooo!
ah, yes——his WORST sin!
blech
thanks for posting this
I saw a blurb that John Edwards didn’t let this get by HIM...oh, no-—he called for Wolfowitz to resign last week.
You said — “I don;’t think it’s a hit job this time, he really does take care of his girlfriend and all his cronies at the expense of others. he walked in there and treated them all like the enemy and it’s not surprising that they struck back with this data. The wsj is being selective in its data, the ft reporting will give the full picture.”
Well..., note from the article —
“The paper trail shows that Mr. Wolfowitz had asked to recuse himself from matters related to his girlfriend, a longtime World Bank employee, before he signed his own employment contract. The bank’s general counsel at the time, Roberto Danino, wrote in a May 27, 2005 letter to Mr. Wolfowitz’s lawyers: ...”
[ ... ]
“Ms. Riza was on a promotion list at the time, and so the bank’s ethicists also proposed that she be compensated for this blow to her career. In a July 22, 2005, ethics committee discussion memo, Mr. Danino noted that “there would be two avenues here for promotion—an ‘in situ’ promotion to Grade GH for the staff member” and promotion through competitive selection to another position.” Or, as an alternative, “The Bank can also decide, as part of settlement of claims, to offer an ad hoc salary increase.”
Five days later, on July 27, ethics committee chairman Ad Melkert formally advised Mr. Wolfowitz in a memo that “the potential disruption of the staff member’s career prospect will be recognized by an in situ promotion on the basis of her qualifying record . . .” In the same memo, Mr. Melkert recommends “that the President, with the General Counsel, communicates this advice” to the vice president for human resources “so as to implement” it immediately.”
So..., there we have it...
It sounds like you’re one of the “hit men” (or girls...)
Regards,
Star Traveler
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