Resign my rusty red rear!!! This jackass should be in jail!!!
He took OUR money and gave his ho the dough! That is EMBEZZELMENT!!!
The ethics committee not only cleared, but demanded that Wolfowitz take the very action for which he is now held up for international opprobrium.
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.”
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.
And in an August 8 letter, Mr. Melkert advised that the president get this done pronto: “The EC [ethics committee] cannot interact directly with staff member situations, hence Xavier [Coll, the human resources vice president] should act upon your instruction.” Only then did Mr. Wolfowitz instruct Mr. Coll on the details of Ms. Riza’s new job and pay raise.
It was a kangaroo court. The Europeans and bank staff thought they could get him to leave quietly if they smeared him and Ms. Riza enough in the press. But he has fought back to clear his name, the Europeans led by Dutch politician Herman Wijffels have decided to ignore evidence to justify their one-sided conclusions.
Needless to say, none of this context has appeared in the media smears suggesting that Mr. Wolfowitz pulled a fast one to pad the pay of Ms. Riza. Yet the record clearly shows he acted only after he had tried to recuse himself but then wasn’t allowed to do so by the ethics committee. And he acted only after that same committee advised him to compensate Ms. Riza for the damage to her career from a “conflict of interest” that was no fault of her own.
Please enlighten yourself by reading post #38. Everything Wolfowitz did (actually, was forced to do by the World Bank “ethics” officer even though he asked out of it) was aboveboard and approved by others. That is not “EMBEZZELMENT” as you say, which by the way could be considered libel. You should be more careful, not to mention informed.
This jackass should be in jail!!!
Even worse. ...a dumbass. And a dangerous dumbass.
Here is the best analysis I have found of this dangerous fool
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/016236.php