Angry Wolfowitz in four-letter tirade

Richard Adams in Washington
Tuesday May 15, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

An angry and bitter Paul Wolfowitz poured abuse and threatened
retaliations on senior World Bank staff if his orders for pay rises
and promotions for his partner were revealed, according to new
details published last night.

Under fire for the lavish package given to Shaha Riza, a World
Bank employee and Mr Wolfowitz's girlfriend when he became
president, an official investigation into the controversy has
found that Mr Wolfowitz broke bank rules and violated his own
contract – setting off a struggle between US and European
governments over Mr Wolfowitz's future.

Sounding more like a cast member of the Sopranos than an
international leader, in testimony by one key witness
Mr Wolfowitz declares: "If they fuck with me or Shaha, I have
enough on them to fuck them too."

The remarks were published in a report detailing the
controversy that erupted last month after the size of Ms
Riza's pay rises was revealed. The report slates Mr Wolfowitz
for his "questionable judgment and a preoccupation with self-
interest", saying: "Mr Wolfowitz saw himself as the outsider
to whom the established rules and standards did not apply."