Neo-Con Anti-Corruption Drive at the World Bank Stumbles

[Scurvy]

. A corrupt politician/executive who is also competant makes it so you never notice he's corrupt. I.e. you don't really suffer from his corruption.

? --> you do suffer from his corruption, but you don't notice

[Adrian II]

Riza is a long-standing political ally of Wolfowitz. Already in the nineties they worked together at the Iraq Foundation. And there is more. At this level, there is always more.

(Washington, D.C.) – The Government Accountability Project (GAP) has learned that Shaha Riza, long-time companion of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and fellow Bank staffer, did not receive Bank approval for outside employment as a consultant for a major U.S. defense contractor during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.

According to an article published in Vanity Fair last month, Riza was a “subject matter expert” for the Middle East during the Iraq War run-up at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a firm focused on defense capabilities and intelligence gathering. At that time, Paul Wolfowitz was the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Inside sources at the Bank have verified to GAP that Riza never applied for nor received permission to provide these consultant services to SAIC. This is a gross violation of World Bank staff rules, which require Bank employees to clear extracurricular professional activities with the Outside Interests Committee in order to prevent conflicts of interest. Such undisclosed parallel employment, GAP sources say, would never have been tolerated by the Bank and are grounds for dismissal.

“Considering that Riza was reportedly romantically involved with Wolfowitz at the time, that the Iraq War was imminent, that SAIC was a defense contractor, and that the World Bank had active projects in Iraq, multiple conflicts of interest probably existed,” said GAP International Program Director Bea Edwards.

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Like I said, this administration has serious issues. And they are unravelling one by one.