9/11 Families And Firefighters: Giuliani Was "Part Of The Problem"

AP LARRY McSHANE March 30, 2007 08:55 AM

Rudy Giuliani's White House aspirations are inescapably tied to Sept. 11, 2001 -- for better and for worse.

While the former mayor of the nation's largest city was widely lionized for his post-9/11 leadership -- "Churchillian" was one adjective, "America's mayor" wasOprah Winfrey's assessment -- city firefighters and their families are renewing their attacks on him for his performance before and after the terrorist attack.

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Giuliani Testimony Shows He Was Briefed On Kerik In '00

The New York Times WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM March 30, 2007 12:07 AM

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.

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.

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