Friday, November 16, 2007

OLBERMANN: GIULIANI & MURDOCH & KERIK


Part I


Part II

Bernie Kerik and Rudy Giuliani

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“I believe that the skill I have developed better than any other was surrounding myself with great people.” -- Rudy Giuliani, from his book “Leadership,” 2002.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

GIULIANI DISMISSES KERIK QUESTIONS

Bernie Kerik and Rudy Giuliani

Associated Press
Published: November 14, 2007

Filed at 2:35 p.m. ET

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -- Rudy Giuliani dismissed questions Wednesday about allegations made by his ex-police commissioner Bernard Kerik's former lover -- that she was asked to lie about the affair to avoid hurting Giuliani's presidential ambitions. (read more)

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“I believe that the skill I have developed better than any other was surrounding myself with great people.” -- Rudy Giuliani, from his book “Leadership,” 2002.

BERNIE KERIK AND RUDY GIULIANI

Bernie Kerik and Rudy Giuliani

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“I believe that the skill I have developed better than any other was surrounding myself with great people.” -- Rudy Giuliani, from his book “Leadership,” 2002.

IN FIRST ADS FOR GIULIANI, A WILD CITY IS MADE OVER


Bernie Kerik and Rudy Giuliani

NEW YORK TIMES
Published: November 14, 2007

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 — Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York will begin advertising this week in New Hampshire with a commercial that dramatically presents him as the man who tamed a crime-ridden and unmanageable city in spite of typical human foibles. (read more)

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“I believe that the skill I have developed better than any other was surrounding myself with great people.” -- Rudy Giuliani, from his book “Leadership,” 2002.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

EX-PUBLISHER SAYS NEWS CORP. OFFICIAL WANTED HER TO LIE TO PROTECT GIULIANI

Bernie Kerik and Rudy Giuliani

THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: November 13, 2007

Judith Regan, the book publisher who was fired by the News Corporation last year, asserts in a lawsuit filed today that a senior executive at the media conglomerate encouraged her to mislead federal investigators about her relationship with Bernard B. Kerik during his bid to become homeland security secretary in late 2004.

The lawsuit asserts that the News Corporation executive wanted to protect the presidential aspirations of former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Kerik’s mentor, who had appointed him New York City police commissioner and had recommended him for the federal post. (read more)

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“I believe that the skill I have developed better than any other was surrounding myself with great people.” -- Rudy Giuliani, from his book “Leadership,” 2002.

GIULIANI CAMPAIGN TRIES TO MINIMIZE FALLOUT FROM KERIK INDICTMENT

Bernie Kerik and Rudy Giuliani

Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 13, 2007; Page A08

Aides to former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani worked yesterday to bat down the perception that his bid for the Republican presidential nomination had suffered after Friday's indictment of Bernard B. Kerik, his longtime ally and former business partner.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) used the indictment to question the judgment of Giuliani, who recommended that President Bush appoint Kerik to head the Department of Homeland Security. At a news conference with former homeland security secretary Tom Ridge, McCain emphasized that Giuliani should have begun questioning Kerik's public service qualifications after he failed to adequately train the Iraqi police force in 2003. (read more)

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“I believe that the skill I have developed better than any other was surrounding myself with great people.” -- Rudy Giuliani, from his book “Leadership,” 2002.