Giuliani Firm Stood to Benefit from US Deals, Florida Company’s Files Show (Homeland connection)

NEW YORK TIMES ^ | December 14, 2007 | ERIC LIPTON, New York Times

[Liz]

Rudy Giuliani’s consulting firm was hired in 2002 to help a Florida company build its business under a contract that called for Mr. Giuliani’s firm to be paid in part for lining up work with the federal government and other clients, company records show.

Federal law prohibits payment of a commission in return for a federal contract...

The deal between the firm and the contractor, Seisint of Boca Raton, was signed with the expectation that Mr. Giuliani’s high profile and connections would help the start-up company obtain federal contracts as well as nongovernment work, said Michael Brauser, co-founder of Seisint and once a major shareholder. ... “They were being compensated on a success basis. If they bought us to Company X, and Company X hires us or a government agency hires us and we receive fees, they would be compensated.”

A spokesman for the Giuliani firm disputed the suggestion that it had earned commissions for securing federal contracts. Giuliani Partners was paid bonuses, not commissions, by Seisint based on the overall growth of Seisint sales, not any particular contracts, said Daniel Connolly, a Giuliani Partners executive.

The assertion the firm may have skirted federal contracting rules was first raised in an article on Thursday on the Time magazine Web site. The firm’s reliance on commissions as part of its compensation from Seisint seems to be bolstered by a copy of the minutes of the Seisint board meeting from December 2002, when it hired Giuliani Partners.

The minutes cite a contract based on a finder’s fee, saying the $2 million-a-year deal was premised on payments “on commissions to be earned for sales generated by Giuliani Partners.” Six months after Seisint hired the firm, the Homeland Security Department gave an $8 million grant ...

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/us/politics/14giuliani.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin

[Liz]

Originally posted on 12/14/2007 by calcowgirl

This brings back horrible memories of Giuliani duping GWB into nominating Rooty's corrupt bodyguard and driver Bernie Kerik to head the Department of Homeland Security. Kerik was later prosecuted for corruption,. Guy is a triple threat----incompetent, unqualified, and corrupt.

Says it all about creepo Giuli. Elevating his bodyguard and driver to City Police Commissioner then trying to inflict Kerik on the Nation. Two rancid peas in a corrupt pod. The RINO turd drops "ethics and individual responsibility" as long as he can profit. Giuliani should be shut out of every public office.

[wolfcreek]

Let us not forget.

http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2007/12/americas-border-and-sovereignty-in.html

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Why this?
Why now?

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The FR sidebar is reserved for FR business.

Not 11 year old news.

[proud okie]

Who would have thought. The ex-mayor of NYC is just another slimy thug.

[Liz]

Many thanks for the link. Here's an earlier post on the subject:

GIULIANI COLLABORATED TO UNDERMINE US NATIONAL SECURITY

Here's Giuli's idea of "border security." Giuliani used eminent domain (w/ Texas Gov Perry) to take US properties from American taxpayers and give them to foreign entities.

NASCO TEXAS-CANADA-MEXICO TRADE CORRIDOR
BROKERED BY Bracewell & Giuliani

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MAP----
TERRORIST ENTRY POINTS

NEWS STORY Bracewell & Giuliani Firm Advises Cintra in First Privatization of Toll Road in Texas
DALLAS (March 1, 2007) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP (Rudy's Texas-based law firm with global connections) advised Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A., a Spanish transportation company, in its successful bid to develop State Highway 121 into a toll road through Collin and Denton counties ("trade road" is four football fields wide). The award to Cintra, approved by the Texas Transportation Commission, is the first privatization of a Texas toll road. Bracewell is acting as project counsel to Cintra with respect to the 50-year concession from the Texas Department of Transportation. Cintra will pay a $2.1 billion upfront and annual lease payments totaling $700 million. "Cintra was awarded this project because of its proven expertise and competitive proposal," said Thomas O. Moore, partner with Bracewell & Giuliani. "This is the largest transportation deal of 2007. This is one of only five deals in the country."