Monday, August 16, 2010

Will There Be a Ground Zero Sybaris




In honor of Republican brownshirt hero Bernie Kerik's

site-overlooking fuck suite?

Or don't you remember?

His 'umble Origins:
Fiercely loyal to the mayor, Kerik was named police commissioner in 2000, replacing a Giuliani appointee from out of town. At the time, several Giuliani advisers complained about Kerik’s low rank—barely a step above patrolman--and his lack of education (he had obtained a GED, but the Police Department then required a college degree for any rank above sergeant). It is difficult to measure Kerik’s performance as commissioner because Giuliani had an iron grip on the department, claiming credit for the city’s sharp drop in crime.

His rise to Glory:
Kerik basked in reflected glory from Giuliani over the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Kerik accompanied Guliani and other city officials to the World Trade Center expecting to work out of the citywide crisis center that Giuliani had built in 7 World Trade Center. But when they arrived, they found that building destroyed, and when the towers collapsed they were forced to race around the area, avoiding the falling debris. Kerik remained police commissioner until Giuliani’s term expired at the end of 2001.

In May 2003 Kerik was appointed Iraq’s interim minister of the interior, responsible for police and intelligence services. Kerik stayed four months, abruptly returning to the U.S. apparently without telling anyone he was leaving. He then went to work for Giuliani’s consulting firm, Giuliani Partners, which earned millions advising companies and countries about anti-terrorist security.

Kerik spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention, and in December 2004, at Giuliani’s urging, President George W. Bush nominated Kerik as Homeland Security secretary. “Bernard Kerik has devoted his life to protecting his fellow citizens,” Bush said at the time.

His little Uh-Oh:

Apartment Said to Have Been Scene of a Kerik Affair

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An apartment in Battery Park City that former Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik secured for his personal use after Sept. 11 was originally donated for the use of weary police and rescue workers who were helping at ground zero, according to a real estate executive who has been briefed about the apartment.

After the cleanup had settled into a routine that fall, the executive said, Mr. Kerik, who was still police commissioner, asked to rent the two-bedroom apartment for his own use. During his use of the apartment, Mr. Kerik and Judith Regan engaged in an extramarital affair there, according to someone who spoke to Mr. Kerik about the relationship. Ms. Regan published his best-selling autobiography in 2001.

Rescue workers were combing through the World Trade Center rubble around the clock when Mr. Kerik called Anthony Bergamo, a well-connected vice chairman of the Milstein family real estate company and a police buff, and asked for help finding a place for the workers to rest during breaks, the executive said.

The family owned Liberty View, a 28-story yellow brick tower two blocks southwest of the trade center at the corner of West Street and Third Place.

His other little Uh-Oh:

Kerik Is Sentenced in Corruption Case

WHITE PLAINS — Bernard B. Kerik, a former New York police commissioner who rose to national prominence, was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to eight felony charges, including tax fraud and lying to White House officials.

Under the terms of a plea agreement, the prosecution and the defense recommended that Judge Stephen C. Robinson sentence Mr. Kerik to 27 to 33 months in prison. But the judge departed from the sentencing recommendations, giving Mr. Kerik a longer sentence because he said he had betrayed the public’s trust.

“I think it’s fair to say that with great power comes great responsibility and great consequences,” Judge Robinson said. “I think the damage caused by Mr. Kerik is in some ways immeasurable.”
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Immeasurable?

Maybe.

But wanna bet there's a comfy little sinecure waiting for him at the Murdoch Whorehouse when he gets out?

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