From NY Times
By Steven R. Weisman

Paul D. Wolfowitz defended himself vigorously on Monday, declaring that it would be unjust and frankly hypocritical for the World Bank’s board to find him guilty of ethical lapses. But he also hinted that he would discuss whether to resign as bank president if the board cleared him of misconduct.

Appearing before a committee of the bank’s board of directors and going on the attack after weeks of silence, Mr. Wolfowitz also charged that he had been the victim of orchestrated leaks of false, misleading, incomplete and personal information intended to undermine my effectiveness as president.

The goal of this smear campaign, I believe, is to create a self-fulfilling prophecy that I am an ineffective leader and must step down for that reason alone, even if the ethics charges are unwarranted, he said. I, for one, will not give in to such tactics. And I will not resign in the face of a plainly bogus charge of conflict of interest.

Mr. Wolfowitz’s lawyer released his client’s comments in a statement on Monday.

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