Grand jury eyes 9/11 hero Kerik

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/26/kerik.investigation.ap/index.html

Bernard Kerik once enjoyed a national reputation as a brash, self-made law enforcer.

As police commissioner, he was at Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's side during the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. By late 2004, President Bush wanted him for homeland security chief.

Kerik's fame faded after allegations of ethical lapses doomed his nomination. His troubles, however, have endured.

A grand jury in the Bronx has been hearing testimony about a possible corruption case against Kerik involving reputed mob associates, alleged influence peddling and a questionable home-renovation project.

He was even the inspiration for a "Law And Order" show. He's as crooked and immoral as they come.

Remember when he was nominated for - what was it? - head of Homeland Security or something, and then it came out that he was in bed with some developer(?) who had gotten all sorts of slides via Kerik in exchange for supplying him with an apartment that served as a "love nest" (gag) for Kerik and his cutie - who happened to be in the publishing business, and who was a hell of a lot richer and more powerful than he was.

She got him good on that one, I hear.

He's a prince of a guy, Bernie Kerik. Tells you a lot about Guiliani, I think.

He shared it with Giuliani. What scum, here's hoping he's finally going to be held accountable.

I remember reading that one of his conquests there was indeed the Wingnut Welfare publishing (Regnery Publishing) notable, Judith Regan. (She used to have a show on Faux News--she was no beauty... but then, neither is Bernie...)

to have affairs. The person donated the use of the apartment so that rescuers could rest there.

Or something like that... yeah, real piece of work, Kerik.

They sent him to Iraq to organize training cops there too. Not surprisingly, not much happened.

about security any more?

Oh, wait . . . What was I thinking? :rofl: :rofl:

in the house (or Senate)???????????

what a good resource the 'know your bfee' is!

The heros of NYC on 9/11 were the first responders who went in and stayed in, many of them dying, many of them still dying, until the rubble cleared and it was over. Guliani and his staff, and that asshat Kerik in particular, were not heros.

:sarcasm:

he couldn't have done much worse, and imagine this corruption scandal coming out now...

Look it up! Bernie Kerik and Judith Regan (remember her show on Faux News?... she was head of Regnery Publishing, a Wingnut Welfare outlet, and she is friends with Junkie Rush) had extra-marital sex (I believe Bernie was married to someone else at the time) in a Manhattan apartment which had been donated for the use of 9/11 clean-up crews--it was supposed to be used as a spot where such crew members could go to rest and take a breather from time to time.

My, isn't it great to know that republicans are doing so much to Promote Family Values and Moral Righteousness?

profiting off of 9/11. i hate those fuckers.

Bush Crime Family.

A couple of her men:

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/columns/medialife/152/

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.... Then Judith and Rupert found each other -- and ReganBooks was born. Not only did their commercial instincts mesh, but Judy's what's-the-world-ever-done-for-me politics were highly compatible with the Murdoch view.

And then the sex part. It's a one-woman show.

I have never heard anyone talk about sex the way Judy does. I have never heard anyone talk about their sexual partners the way Judy does. I have never heard anyone analyze individual motivations, the workings of the marketplace, and politics, too, in such precisely sexual terms. The other day, on her show, she kept interrupting her tempered guests on the subject of why women like Bill Clinton, and, voice rising, saying: "They want to have sex with him -- that's why they like him!"

Early in her career at Simon & Schuster, she published a book called The Rogue Warrior and fought tooth and nail for a full-face cover photo of the author. "Don't they understand?" she stormed to me. "Women will buy this because they want to fuck him!" She got the full face and a best-seller.

http://www.zianet.com/insightanalytical/newlow.htm (by DUer Gloria: )

Regan looked straight into the camera and for almost 10 minutes, delivered a pseudo stream-of-consciousness poetry riff mocking Clinton. Referring to his sad boyhood, she mocked his loneliness, then proclaimed that he built himself up and called himself KING, because "I am rich and I can do what I want!" She likened him to the cast out Socks, and envisioned him an old man meeting up with Socks at 125th street, both holding tin cups. ....

It was incredibly vicious. What was especially appalling was how she took the most painful aspects of Bill's background--his truly grievous childhood--and twisted them, using them to mock him. If this wasn't the "politics of personal destruction" I don't know how else you could describe this horrific display. ....

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And I (the poster) will claim credit for insight. Back when KERIK's book for REGAN was debutting, she hosted him on her Faux interview show. His tale was of his missing mother, who inexplicably abandoned him as a tot. She never showed up for a custody hearing. The premise of the book was that this tough uber-male had this hole in his heart, thereby setting the pants on fire of tough wingnuts of either gender. As she probed him about the book, she and KERIK locked smouldering, HOT gazes. Once the mother-thing was done, she moved on to his heroics (which were what?) on 9-11. She asked WHERE HE WAS when the planes hit. Without missing an eye-lock, he said, "Stepping out of the shower." She swallowed and held a long breath. The image of nekkid KERRIK was plainly etched on the Faux camera lens during the LONG pause. He added, "In my office." Another LONG pause. He added, "After WORKING OUT." There was another swallow. I suspected BACK THEN that something was cooking between publisher and author, and it weren't spaghetti. Only 2 or 3 years later, when KERIK's many other past deeds floated to the surface like dead bodies did it become official that there was indeed WILD WINGNUT HOT LOVE between the two, that the two of them alternated their HOT WINGNUT LOVE sessions with WORKING OUT together, that he had used NYPD to track down what happened to his mother, that he used NYPD to provide security for his personal WILD WINGNUT HOT LOVE, that the LOVENEST was a city-paid apartment near the WTC intended as a rest site for rescue and recovery workers. It was pure musk in the air. Why don't Shrub's handlers hire some of US for intelligence work?

Edit: I was thinking of "hero," but of course "Kerik" works even better.

There are soooo many to keep track of.

Reminds me of that quote from, "Catch 22": "Where are all the Snowdens of yester-year?"

Where are all the Keriks, Gannons, etc....sooo many criminals, yet how slowly the wheels of justice/karma turns.