Posted on 05/22/2007 8:13:17 PM PDT by no dems
As Rudolph W. Giuliani runs for president, his image as a chief executive who steered New York through the disaster of Sept. 11 has become a pillar of his campaign. But one former member of his inner circle keeps surfacing to revisit that history in ways that are unflattering to Mr. Giuliani: Jerome M. Hauer, New York City’s first emergency management director.
Mr. Hauer has challenged Giuliani’s recollection that he had little role as mayor in placing the city’s emergency command center at the ill-fated World Trade Center. Mr. Hauer has also disputed the claim by the Giuliani campaign that the mayor’s wife, Judith Giuliani, had coordinated a help center for families after the attack. And he has contradicted Mr. Giuliani’s assertions that the city’s emergency response was well coordinated that day, a point he made most notably to the authors of “Grand Illusion,” a book that depicts Mr. Giuliani’s antiterrorism efforts as deeply flawed.
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Look for more stories like this to surface as the campaign progresses.
Charlie Rangel likes to keep busy.
Allow me to introduce the NYT and MSMs’ new absolute authority on, and gods gift to “The Real Story” (true or not)
Ladies and Gents lets give it up for Mr. Jerome M. Hauer!
Plan on hearing from him many times more as the election approaches.
Hauer’s arguments are indisputable.
Guiliani demanded the Emergency Command Center for the most prestigious city in the world, be located in the most prestigious building available.
Before Hannity became Guiliani’s bottom bi**h, he used this on the air to excoriate Guiliani for months following 9/11.
The threat assessment report during the location selection process specifically mentioned the first WTC bombing, and the fact that the WTC was still a primary target of anti-American terrorists. Common sense and prescient foresight, Guiliani personally overrode the report’s recommendations.
NYT’s LOL!
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