Star player of the manslaughter-prone lethal tetrad, Paul Wolfowitz, has taken a break from his world tour promoting privatization as the cure to all ills to get into serious trouble over his own corruption.
Given that he was rewarded for his American-killing incompetence with a job heading the World Bank, it's no surprise that Wolfowitz thinks nepotism is okay.
Earlier it was revealed that he had directly intervened in the arrangements for Ms Riza’s transfer to the US State Department in mid-2005 to avoid a conflict of interest after his contentious appointment as head of the World Bank at the behest of the White House. Under World Bank rules, staff are banned for working under the direction of a colleague with whom they are romantically involved.
Details emerged of a memorandum from Mr Wolfowitz instructing Xavier Coll, the Bank’s human resources head, over the terms for Ms Riza’s secondment. This led to her being given an exceptional salary rise and enhanced annual pay awards, lifting her earnings to $193,000 (£97,600) a year tax-free — an $61,000 rise overall. The memo also set out arrangements for her promotion.
He'll probably keep this job, and get to keep up his policy of following his beliefs over reality, no matter how many people die as reality proves him wrong.