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Testimony by Giuliani Indicates He Was Briefed on Kerik in ’00 (NY Times Hit)
NYTimes via Drudge Report ^ | March 30, 2007 | William K. Rashbaum

Posted on 03/29/2007 8:52:01 PM PDT by RDTF

Rudolph W. Giuliani told a grand jury that his former chief investigator remembered having briefed him on some aspects of Bernard B. Kerik’s relationship with a company suspected of ties to organized crime before Mr. Kerik’s appointment as New York City police commissioner, according to court records.

Mr. Giuliani, testifying last year under oath before a Bronx grand jury investigating Mr. Kerik, said he had no memory of the briefing, but he did not dispute that it had taken place, according to a transcript of his testimony.

Mr. Giuliani’s testimony amounts to a significantly new version of what information was probably before him in the summer of 2000 as he was debating Mr. Kerik’s appointment as the city’s top law enforcement officer. Mr. Giuliani had previously said that he had never been told of Mr. Kerik’s entanglement with the company before promoting him to the police job or later supporting his failed bid to be the nation’s homeland security secretary.

In his testimony, given in April 2006, Mr. Giuliani indicated that he must have simply forgotten that he had been briefed on one or more occasions as part of the background investigation of Mr. Kerik before his appointment to the police post.

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There is no evidence that Mr. Giuliani knew about the apartment renovation before promoting Mr. Kerik to police commissioner. But the top investigator who briefed Mr. Giuliani in 2000, the transcript shows, was aware that Mr. Kerik’s brother and a close friend had been hired by an affiliate of the company, which for years had been struggling to secure a city license.

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The transcript of Mr. Giuliani’s testimony was not given to The New York Times by any rival campaign.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: corruption; electionpresident; giuliani; kerik; nyslimes; organizedcrime; rudy
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To: RDTF

How is the truth a hit piece?

I overall support Rudy, but this is a valid story.


41 posted on 03/30/2007 3:35:25 AM PDT by joesbucks
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To: mkjessup
Don't start that spin FO, that quote came from the book 'RUDY!' by Wayne Barrett, it was cited by Jack Newfield in his 2003 article 'The Full Rudy', and 'The Nation' had nothing to do with the writing of the article itself, and the entire article has been deemed acceptable by the mods...

mk, could you choose to defend two MORE left-wing crankcases then Wayne Barrett and Jack Newfield? You do know who these people are, don't you?

Wayne Barrett was an investigative journalist for the Village Voice, and Jack Newfield was a muckraker for the old, pre-Murdoch left-wing NY Post.

Even Rosie O'Donnell thinks these guys are too far left.

42 posted on 03/30/2007 3:36:24 AM PDT by Jhensy
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To: narses

You really hate the guy!!!! Have a drink and chill out.


43 posted on 03/30/2007 5:04:37 AM PDT by RDTF (They should have put down Barbarella instead of Barbaro)
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To: AD from SpringBay

Reading the entire article actually indicates there is no 'there' there!

However, the NYSlimes just doing Hitlery's work. Moving along sliming everyone in the Klinton's path.


44 posted on 03/30/2007 5:11:01 AM PDT by OldFriend ( TOM DeLAY FAN)
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To: RDTF

Ooops.

The question is whether the "negative ad" will run in primaries.


45 posted on 03/30/2007 5:11:22 AM PDT by OpenBar
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To: OldFriend

exactly


46 posted on 03/30/2007 5:12:21 AM PDT by RDTF (They should have put down Barbarella instead of Barbaro)
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To: OldFriend

Like you tried to do about Thompson the other day, when your wild, spurious post had to be removed by the moderator? Hmmm. Not quite.


47 posted on 03/30/2007 5:12:22 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (There are 2 types of Rudy fans - the uninformed or anti-conservative TROLLS who do not belong on FR)
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To: RDTF
Rudy's own mother calls him a liar!

In an unpublished 1988 interview (quoted by Barrett in Rudy!), Helen Giuliani said of her son: "He only became a Republican after he began to get all these jobs from them. He's definitely not a conservative Republican. He thinks he is, but he isn't."

48 posted on 03/30/2007 5:13:33 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (There are 2 types of Rudy fans - the uninformed or anti-conservative TROLLS who do not belong on FR)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

You are repeating a post here. This thread was not meant for Rudy bashers.


49 posted on 03/30/2007 5:16:37 AM PDT by RDTF (They should have put down Barbarella instead of Barbaro)
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To: trumandogz; mkjessup
"Well that 10% is making lots of noise."

And the remaining 90% still believe the earth is flat.

50 posted on 03/30/2007 5:17:13 AM PDT by Gop1040
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To: trumandogz
Here, I'll fix your post for you.

Interesting, Rudy has lost his mom's vote but still has the votes of a large contingent of Freepers.TROLLS

If you'll go look on the forum page, you'll see only about 10% of FReepers support the scumbag Giuliani. Get your facts straight, and you won't look so foolish.

51 posted on 03/30/2007 5:18:49 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (There are 2 types of Rudy fans - the uninformed or anti-conservative TROLLS who do not belong on FR)
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To: RDTF

The thread was meant for FReepers to comment on. Don't even THINK about telling me I can't post here.


52 posted on 03/30/2007 5:19:34 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (There are 2 types of Rudy fans - the uninformed or anti-conservative TROLLS who do not belong on FR)
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To: Gop1040

Fred is more conservative and has less baggage and therefore is more electable.


53 posted on 03/30/2007 5:20:03 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (There are 2 types of Rudy fans - the uninformed or anti-conservative TROLLS who do not belong on FR)
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To: Lurker
Do you think they want to have a conservative become president?

What does that have to do with Rudy? He ain't conservative.

Everybody's to the right of the media. We see a moderate liberal, they see Barry Goldwater. Look at how much they hate Bush, and he's a moderate.

54 posted on 03/30/2007 5:21:45 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (DemocraticUnderground.com is an internet hate site.)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

LOL - If I post a thread saying that the NY Times is doing a hit piece on Rudy, uh, duh, it's not a thread for non supporters. But that's what happens when you THINK about it first.


55 posted on 03/30/2007 5:31:36 AM PDT by RDTF (They should have put down Barbarella instead of Barbaro)
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To: RDTF

You clearly do not understand the concept of FR. Be gone. Rudy-supporting liberals do not belong here. Take your abortion and anti-gun crap elsewhere.

I hate trolls.


56 posted on 03/30/2007 5:33:24 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (There are 2 types of Rudy fans - the uninformed or anti-conservative TROLLS who do not belong on FR)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

I can see you are in attack mode here with many. Get a life.


57 posted on 03/30/2007 5:34:43 AM PDT by RDTF (They should have put down Barbarella instead of Barbaro)
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To: Fierce Allegiance; Admin Moderator

TROUBLEMAKER!


58 posted on 03/30/2007 5:35:15 AM PDT by RDTF (They should have put down Barbarella instead of Barbaro)
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To: RDTF

LMAO! You are professing liberal positions on a conservative board and call me a troublemaker, and go whining to the mods?

You REALLY don't get it.


59 posted on 03/30/2007 5:38:37 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (There are 2 types of Rudy fans - the uninformed or anti-conservative TROLLS who do not belong on FR)
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To: RDTF

What is an attack? There is no attack in there. You may want to brush up on reading comprehension skills.


There are observations, suggestions and personal feelings, but not a single attack.

Please, grow up, alright? I can't stand whiners.


60 posted on 03/30/2007 5:40:13 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (There are 2 types of Rudy fans - the uninformed or anti-conservative TROLLS who do not belong on FR)
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