Paul Wolfowitz

De New York Times bericht:

'Bank Files May Undercut Wolfowitz, Critics Say
By Steven R. Weisman
The New York Times

Washington - Documents circulating at the World Bank suggest that Paul D. Wolfowitz, the bank president, understood that his role in ordering a pay increase and promotion for his companion in 2005 might be seen as a conflict of interest but insisted on proceeding anyway, bank officials who are critics of Mr. Wolfowitz said Sunday.
The officials, speaking on the eve of a fateful week for Mr. Wolfowitz's efforts to remain head of the bank, said testimony and notes that Xavier Coll, vice president of human resources, provided to a bank committee investigating the matter supported the charge that Mr. Wolfowitz was aware of engaging in favoritism. One said the documents were "devastating" to Mr. Wolfowitz's case.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity because the bank bars disclosure of evidence in the case, the officials said Mr. Coll's testimony and notes have become central to the charges Mr. Wolfowitz is fighting.
The officials did not provide the documents. It was unclear whether Mr. Wolfowitz's supporters would read the same information differently and insist that it buttressed his insistence that his actions were encouraged by others and subsequently cleared by them.
Robert S. Bennett, Mr. Wolfowitz's lawyer, in an interview Sunday evening disputed that any such evidence existed and suggested that there might be some misinterpretation of the evidence. Mr. Bennett has reviewed extensive amounts of the testimony in the case.
"Because of the instructions of the World Bank board, I am very uncomfortable talking about the evidence of the case," he said. "But I will say that a careful review of all the documents shows, if anything, that there was no bad faith on Mr. Wolfowitz's part."
He added that the evidence from Mr. Coll and other officials shows that Mr. Wolfowitz "agreed that he should not be involved" in setting the arrangements for his companion, but that the ethics committee "wanted him to get a concrete, practical result in a very sticky situation."'

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