The Imus Story is Over; The Wolfowitz Story is Buried Under It

04.13.2007 Harry Shearer

Don't waste all your schadenfreude on Imus. At the World Bank, Wolfowitz is pushing through promotions and raises for his squeeze while lecturing the poor countries of the world about corruption and good governance.

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Bank Official: “Coin Toss Right Now Whether Wolfowitz Stays” After Girlfriend Scandal

The New York Times STEVEN R. WEISMAN April 12, 2007 06:36 PM

Paul D. Wolfowitz's tenure as president of the World Bank was thrown into turmoil on Thursday by the disclosure that he had helped arrange a pay raise for his companion at the time of her transfer from the bank to the State Department, where she remained on the bank payroll.

In a chaotic day of revelations and meetings at a normally staid institution, Mr. Wolfowitz apologized for his role in the raise and transfer of Shaha Riza, his companion, to a few hundred staff members assembled in the bank building atrium, only to be greeted by booing, catcalls and cries for his resignation.

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