Giuliani's long-time nemesis, the New York Times, reviewed city records and concludes that it is "not likely" that as mayor he tried to hide his visits to Judith Nathan by billing them to obscure government agencies, as implied earlier.

Of course, they buried the exoneration on page A35, whereas the original attack was on page one.

As we all know, Rudy's a fan of the "Godfather" films. I'm sure he's thinking, a la "Godfather II," "I hope they will have the decency to clear my name with the same publicity with which they have now besmirched it."