Oh, one note on the IMF spokesman WIlliam Murray who is not a jurist (and in his position probably should not be), and who under a siege barrage of oral questions had spontaneously issued this one unfortunate quip which Keitner has quoted.
<strong>After</strong> he realized how prematurely he had jeopardized the IMF's position, he backpedalled immediately and retracted his earlier misformulation into a firmer "no comment at all" (found on the IMF website, text immediately above the aforequoted one, the link to it is in Gaubatz' blog, I cannot post the link directly without delaying the publication):
<em>The following can be attributed to William Murray, an IMF spokesman, in response to questions regarding contact with the Managing Director and on speculation in media about his status:</em>
<em>“... We are aware of widespread speculation about the Managing Director’s status. We have no comment on this speculation,"</em>
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