"A bank committee formally transmitted its findings that [Paul Wolfowitz] was guilty of a conflict of interest in arranging for a pay raise and promotion in 2005 to Shaha Ali Riza, his companion," wrote Steven Weisman [of the New York Times] late on Monday afternoon.The panel's finding have not been made public, and Weisman added that "It was not clear whether the committee, consisting of 7 of the bank’s 24 board members, would remove Mr. Wolfowitz from his post or, more likely, express a loss of confidence in his leadership in a manner that might persuade him to resign."
The news came as Wolfowitz's adviser Kevin Kellems resigned, complaining that the cloud over the Bush appointed president made his work at the institution useless.
The underlings always pay the price in Bushworld.
Still, I have a feeling there's more to that resignation than meets the eye. Kellems, a former Cheney spokesman (and famed Keeper of the Comb), was one of the "palace guard" Wolfowitz took with him when he went to the World Bank, something that caused a good bit of consternation at the Bank.
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