Kerik tied to organized crime Gambino family. Kerik had an arrest warrant issued for nonpayment of condo fees. Kerik allegedly stalked a woman.
Nice choice for Bush to make the head of Homeland Security. Kerik is a thug. The only problem for Bush is that he's OBVIOUSLY a thug rather than less obviously a thug like Rice, Cheney, Rummy et al are.
Oh yes, the 911 Commission also found him and his mentor incompetent.
Oh yes, he admitted to breaking immigration laws.
Oh yes, he has a huge conflict of interest with Taser.
Oh yes, he simply left his post in Iraq after being thoroughly incompetent.
========== This is the type of person so obviously suited for the immoral, unethical thuggish administration:
Embattled Kerik in sex scandal
14dec04
FORMER police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who last week dramatically withdrew his nomination as the new Homeland Security chief, conducted two extramarital affairs simultaneously.
He used a secret Manhattan apartment for the liaisons, the New York Daily News reported.
Mr Kerik last week withdrew his nomination as the next US Homeland Secretary chief just days after his name had been put forward by US President George W. Bush.
It was reported his decision was made due to his hiring of an illegal immigrant as a maid.
The new revelations present a major embarassment for President Bush and especially for former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who pushed for Mr Kerik to be appointed.
The first relationship, spanning almost a decade in the 1990s, was with city Correction Officer Jeannette Pinero; the second was with publisher Judith Regan.
Each woman learned of the other after Ms Pinero found a love note left by Ms Regan in the unit.
The revelations about Mr Kerik's private life follow doubts over his suitability to be nominated for homeland security chief.
Mr Kerik, 49, married with two children, withdrew in a sudden and unexpected call to the White House on Friday. Mr Kerik said that questions about the immigration status of his family's former nanny and failure to pay taxes prompted his decision to walk away from the job. But speculation has continued that there were deeper and more controversial reasons. On Sunday, the Daily News reported that a six-month investigation showed Mr Kerik had accepted thousands of dollars without proper disclosure, and had ties to a construction company that investigators believe is linked to the mob.
Now revelations about his private life also cast a shadow on his suitability for one of the administration's highest-profile cabinet positions.
Asked about the affairs and the secret love nest, Joseph Tacopina, Mr Kerik's attorney, said Mr Kerik and Ms Regan had denied the affair in the past. Mr Tacopina said Mr Kerik's "friendship" with Ms Pinero ended in 1996.
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