Tuesday, May 08, 2007

When it rains it pours for the Spitman...


Wolfowitz aide hit for 'misleading' statement on boss's girlfriend

A panel assaited another aide of embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz for crafting a 'misleading' statement that was given to the press on the transfer of Shaha Ali Riza into employment at the State Department, according to the Financial Times. The news came on the heels of the resignation of another top Wolfowitz adviser, Kevin Kellems, on Monday.

Robin Cleveland, an aide to Wolfowitz who previously worked in the White House on post-war planning in Iraq, was accused of producing a 'background' statement for reporters with External Relations Director Marwan Muasher on April 4 that "included the apparently misleading claim that 'after consultation with the then general counsel, the ethics committee of the board approved an external assignment agreement which was reached with the staff members,'" according to the Financial Times' Krishna Guha and Eoin Callan.
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