Testimony by Giuliani Indicates He Was Briefed on Kerik in ’00 (NY Times Hit)

NYTimes via Drudge Report ^ | March 30, 2007 | William K. Rashbaum

[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.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"Authority is a damper on freedom that is a necessary evil because of the evil of humanity. It has nothing to do with freedom, except that it guarantees that our freedom will be constrained such that it doesn't interfere with others."

Basically the same thing that Rudy said, except that since you sad it, it sounds better to you.

Your freedom will be taken from you much faster in a place where LAWFUL AUTHORITY (Rudy's words) is not a recognized concept, than in a place where LAWFUL AUTHORITY is granted, at the consent of the governed, to act as a damper on unchecked freedom/behavior/actions of the population at large (anarchy).

"Those who enjoy using their power over people, like Rudy, "

hehehe...

[Luis Gonzalez]

Government is necessary to secure freedom, so the lawful authority granted to government to infringe on our infinite rights via the willingness of the people of the country to cede to that lawful authority entity that we ourselves created, is the thread that holds a society together, and allows it to prosper.

Now, you ask whether Giuliani is a good candidate or not...

The Office of The President heads the Executive Branch of our government, the branch whose primary functions are to defend the nation, and to enforce our laws.

I believe that he will carry the war on Islamic terrorism to them, and he has shown not only willingness, but effectiveness in the enforcement of laws.

So yes, I think that he is a good candidate for the Office of the President.