Independent Internal Review Concludes Wolfowitz Should Be Fired

By Scott Horton

The Washington Post reports that Paul Wolfowitz and his lawyer are boning up to make a last desperate appeal to the World Bank's review committee, but this is just a formality. A draft decision is already circulating

But even as the committee prepared to allow Wolfowitz to make his case, a senior bank official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, suggested that members of the committee had already decided to recommend Wolfowitz's ouster, casting Monday's appearance as a last-ditch appeal before the panel pronounces judgment.

Committee members were circulating a draft of the document they planned to release next week outlining Wolfowitz's ethical breaches and formally recommending his expulsion, the official said.