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 Published: Friday March 30, 2007

"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," The New York Times reports on Friday page ones.

Kerik was appointed by President Bush to serve as Homeland Security Secretary and then backed out after concerns were raised about shady business dealings and alleged connections to the mob.
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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. ...


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Sigh, another one with memory problems.

Last edited by Matter-eater Man; 2007-03-30 3:54 PM.
Fair play!