How is the employment of the killer's sister relevant -- or newsworthy?

The sister of the gunman responsible for the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history works as a contractor for a State Department office that oversees billions of dollars in American aid for Iraq.

Sun-Kyung Cho is employed by the Iraq Reconstruction Management Office, according to U.S. officials and a State Department staff directory that says she works from an annex near the department's headquarters in Washington.

Messages left on her office voicemail, in which she identifies herself as "Sun Cho," were not immediately returned on Wednesday.

The Virginia Tech gunman was her brother, Cho Seung-Hui. Thirty-three people died in the rampage Monday, including the 23-year-old student, who committed suicide.

Spokesman Sean McCormack declined to discuss Sun Cho's status but told reporters "this person is not a direct-hire employee of the State Department." He declined to comment further, citing privacy concerns. Other U.S. officials confirmed she works for a contractor.

Nothing in the article ties Ms. Cho to her brother's evil deeds -- besides her name and parentage. Why do a profile on her at all -- unless one is seeking to discredit the Bush administration, or the mission to help Iraq become a stable democracy after decades of oppression. Is it possible that the media is so interested in doing so that the life, accomplishments, and reputation of a young woman must be sacrificed because of the evil done by her brother?

Ms. Cho needs to be held up as an example of hard work and accomplishment -- not made a sideshow freak at her brother's carnival of horrors. The AP owes her an apology.

H/T Malkin