In Private Sector, Giuliani Parlayed Fame Into Wealth [Washington Post Sunday lead; four pages long]

Washington Post ^ | May 13, 2007; Page A01 | John Solomon and Matthew Mosk

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On Dec. 7, 2001, nearly three months after the terrorist attack that had made him a national hero and a little over three weeks before he would leave office, New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani took the first official step toward making himself rich.

The letter he dispatched to the city Conflicts of Interest Board that day asked permission to begin forming a consulting firm with three members of his outgoing administration. The company, Giuliani said, would provide "management consulting service to governments and business" and would seek out partners for a "wide-range of possible business, management and financial services" projects.

Over the next five years, Giuliani Partners earned more than $100 million, according to a knowledgeable source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the firm's financial information is private. And that success helped transform the Republican considered the front-runner for his party's 2008 presidential nomination from a moderately well-off public servant into a globe-trotting consultant whose net worth is estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars.

In crafting its image, the firm took care to burnish its most valuable asset: the worldwide reputation Giuliani had earned for his composure and leadership in the days after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. "No client is ever approved or worked on without a full discussion with Rudy," said the firm's senior managing partner, Michael D. Hess, former corporation counsel for the city of New York.

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Though Giuliani personally approves clients, not all come with unblemished backgrounds. In December 2002, Giuliani Partners agreed to a lucrative contract to represent Florida-based security startup Seisint Inc., created by a close friend, Hank Asher. Seisint's data-mining product -- code-named Matrix -- caught the attention of federal and state authorities after Sept. 11 because the firm said that by searching through billions of public records, it could identify potential terrorists.

But Asher harbored a secret: In the early 1980s, he had smuggled kilos of cocaine from Colombia into Florida aboard his private jet.

Oops!

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ping.

[finnman69]

Hillary is smiling..another Rudy hatchet job.

[TommyDale]

Don’t give Hillary all the credit!

[keepitreal]

Yeah she’s smiling because she and Bubba did the same thing. Governor and wife from a small southern state. Now multi-millionaires.

[jdm]

Hillary is smiling..another Rudy hatchet job.

Your logic is more warped than a crate of old 78's rotting under a July sun.

[Vigilanteman]

"No client is ever approved or worked on without a full discussion with Rudy," said the firm's senior managing partner, Michael D. Hess, former corporation counsel for the city of New York.

I suppose this also includes a leadership seminar held in Pittsburgh (and other cities) two summers ago where Rudy was billed as one of the top speakers. While he gave a good talk, the real purpose of the seminar became apparent at the end when two of my company colleagues who attended left-- a get rich scheme for "helping" people about to have their homes foreclosed.

[airborne]

Hatchet job?

Are you saying it’s not true?

And if so, which parts are false?

[TommyDale]

Bernie Kerik, Hank Asher. Rudy Giuliani has a knack of finding partners, doesn’t he? And this guy thinks he is qualified to pick a cabinet, run a war, or run the free world?

[TommyDale]

"Please keep them away from my business records!"

[jdm]

"Why has the anti-terror briefing been rescheduled? Because I broke a nail, you freaks!!!!"

[TommyDale]

Anything from Rudy’s past that exposes him is considered a hatchet job, I guess. He apparently thinks everyone is too stupid to read public records.

[TommyDale]

"If they find out about Giuliani Partners business dealings, I can always get a job as a dancer!"

[dk/coro]

HITLERY OR NOT — this guy is nothing but a walking disaster for the Republican Party. I suspect that there are so many skeletons in His Honor’s closet that he is nothing but a walking time bomb for the GOP — to say nothing for the fact that he is a one-issue Empty Suit!

Plus — Giuliani is a Lawyer! E'nuf said!

Let's dump this turkey before we do serious damage to the Party.

Flame on — after doing your homework. *S*

Happy Mother’s Day, dear Freeper Moms !

[Pan_Yan]

You don’t have to do a hatchet job on Rudy. Just like with the Clintons, there is plenty of material out there. With the new media it’s not quite as easy to cover it all as it used to be.

[doug from upland]

Yep, Hillary’s fans are going to destroy everyone who can oppose her.

[phillyfanatic]

It is astonishing that the MSM, the Post, Time, NYTimes, Globe all in the last week have savaged Rudy, supposedly one of their own. Odd isn’t it that no such 4 page indepth reports ever see the light of day on Dems unless they are caught red handed in a huge scandal and then, they get off with a wink and a nod. Could be because the MSN knows Rudy is the only guy to be able to win a national election for the Pubs?!!!???

[Almondjoy]

So the guys smuggled cocaine back in the early 80’s.

Illegal yes.

Over 20 years ago yes.

People aren’t allowed to clean up their act and have a 2nd chance?

Now if he was convicted of smuggling cocaine just days before he got a job with Rudy that would be something else entirely.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Can’t wait for these kind of stories about ALL the Democrat nominees!

[Petronski]

This will certainly bring the pro-abortion liberals wide awake.