Pentagon reviewing '03 contract for Wolfowitz's companion

[sabra]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is reviewing a 2003 contract that went to a World Bank employee and companion to Paul Wolfowitz, then the No. 2 official at the Defense Department.

Spokesman Bryan Whitman said Wednesday that the department is "having to go back and look at the paper trail" because some people who were with the department at the time of the contract have left. He stopped short of calling it an investigation.

Whitman's comments come after Science Applications International Corp., a large defense contractor, said it was directed to hire Shaha Riza, who at the time worked as a communications adviser in the bank's Middle East Department.

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The flap has provoked cries of favoritism and outrage from many World Bank employees, who want Wolfowitz to resign. Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and various aid groups are among those calling for Wolfowitz to step down. Critics say he has tarnished the bank's reputation.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/money/2007-04-18-wolfowitz-pentagon_N.htm

[soothsayer]

1. As this is done all the time, I doubt they'll throw the book at him.

[wordpix]

2. Wolfie is the same jerk who railed against UN corruption

:puke:

He never should have had such a high position after his prominent role as one of the Iraq War architects. :puke:

[ck4829]

3. Oh great, another internal investigation

Watch it turn up 'no wrong doing on anyone's part'.

[saigon68]

4. It will be a whitewash

[tabasco]

5. The Bush mafia has corrupted every corner of our government.

The republicans abused their power and put this Nation into spasms because the President got a blowjob. I yearn for those days of peace and prosperity, but the Bush mafia has done so much damage and stolen so much of our money, I doubt if I will ever see them again.