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Brave Woman Scorned

Christopher Hitchens talks about the injustice committed against Shaha Riza in the witchhunt against her companion, Paul Wolfowitz. As Hitchens notes, Riza sums up the case very well:    

1) My professional status at the Bank predates the arrival of the new President. I began work in the Bank in 1997.

2) There is no Bank regulation or staff rule that required me to leave the Bank in order to resolve this situation.

3) I was not given a choice to stay and, against my personal preference and professional interests, I agreed to accept an external assignment in 2005 upon the insistence of the Ethics Committee.

4) Against Bank rules and the agreement I signed with the Bank, the details of the assignment and my personnel file have been leaked to the press and staff. As you well know my salary and grade level are quite common for World Bank staff that have years of experience, background and education similar to mine.

So where’s the outrage at this politically motivated sexism?   It’s almost as though the woman has a scarlet letter on her chest.  Or, more like it, has had her head shaved for consorting with the enemy.  Check links at the bottom of Hitchens’ article for more on that.

WSJ: More evidence the Wolfowitz accusers choose to ignore.

Topics: pols, bigotry

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 7:19 am on Tuesday, May 15, 2007

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