GIULIANI'S BOY

This is the fellow Rudy "9-11" Giuliani recommended to be the head of Homeland Security. Will this prevent the news media from considering him some sort of national security expert?

Ex-NYPD Commissioner Kerik Begins Prison Term

by NPR Staff and Wires
May 17, 2010

Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has begun a four-year prison sentence, reporting Monday to a federal prison in Maryland.

Kerik pleaded guilty last year to tax fraud, lying to the White House and six other felony charges.

Kerik achieved fame and respect after the 2001 terrorist attacks and was nominated by President George W. Bush to head the Department of Homeland Security. Questions were raised during the vetting process about his associations and his finances.

He dropped out, and later admitted he lied about some of his financial dealings.

At his sentencing, Judge Stephen Robinson said Kerik had used the events of Sept. 11 for "personal gain and aggrandizement."