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Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:00 AM

Wolfowitz's girlfriend problem

Not only did the World Bank president find his companion Shaha Ali Riza a cushy job in the State Department, but she received a security clearance -- unprecedented for a foreign national.

By Sidney Blumenthal

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Thursday, April 19, 2007 05:01 AM

Slime Machine is Up and Running, Sidney?

Wolfowitz reported that he had a relationship (and potential ethics violation) with Ms Ali Riza to the WB board before he took his job in 2005. (She was an employee at the WB at the time). http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21299683~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Wolfowitz found his girlfriend another job when he came to the World Bank - what was he going to do? Fire her?

Where is that little salient fact mentioned in this article? It certainly makes the rest of Wolfowitz's actions take a different spin - and makes the whole tone of this article appear to be just another slime bomb from Sidney. Great Work, Salon!

—Ironclad Read Ironclad's other letters

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