[roses of sharon]

This is sad, I read on some sites that his book is supposed to be good, ie, his background is so interesting and he overcame a lot after being abandoned by his mother as an infant.
He is a third-degree black belt in tae kwon do and has a background in antiterrorism. He worked for years in the Middle East for Saudi Royalty and took a substantial pay cut to become a beat cop in Times Square in 1986. He went undercover to buy drugs in Harlem, seized millions of dollars of coke from the drug lords of the Cali cartel, and was awarded the police Department Medal of Valor for saving the life of a fellow officer.

In the 1990’s, as the city’s commission of correction, he ended most of the violence at Rikers and transformed it into a model of its kind.

Kerik directed a police force of 55,000 - the largest municipal force in the world

I hope he did not knowingly commit a crime, after coming up under hard knocks this way, maybe the DA is wrong, we shall see.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

This information is posted at Wikipedia:

Shortly after withdrawal of the nomination, the press reported on several other incidents which might also have posed difficulties in gaining confirmation by the Senate. These include: questions regarding Kerik's sale of stock in Taser International shortly before the release of an Amnesty International report critical of the company's stun-gun product; a sexual harassment lawsuit; an affair with Judith Regan; allegations of misuse of police personnel and property for personal benefit; connections with a construction company suspected of having ties to organized crime; and failure to comply with ethics rules on gifts.

It doesn't sound like he wasn't aware

[calcowgirl]

And within about 18 months after his nomination for the job as head of Homeland Security, on June 30, 2006, Kerik pleaded guilty to accepting more than $165,000 in gifts while a city official and failing to report the money as required. He paid more than $200,000 in fines and was spared any jail time.

Time to find a new hero. And this is before the feds even got started.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

He worked for years in the Middle East for Saudi Royalty

That ought to be enough to give one pause right there!