Giuliani's penchant for secrecy
By Steve Benen Wednesday Dec 26, 2007 1:01pm
When it comes to secrecy, it’s hard to match Dick Cheney, but Rudy Giuliani is certainly in the same league.
When a mayor of New York leaves office, little goes out the door but memories — unless he’s Rudy Giuliani. Government rules discourage the city’s most powerful officeholder from departing with more than token gifts collected on the job.
Ed Koch, mayor from 1978 to 1989, recalls keeping some neckties. His successor, David Dinkins, walked away with knickknacks from his desk, including a crystal tennis ball and a collection of photographs documenting his meetings with celebrities and business icons.
When Giuliani stepped down, he needed a warehouse. Under an unprecedented agreement that didn’t become public until after he left office, Giuliani secreted out of City Hall the written, photographic and electronic record of his eight years in office — more than 2,000 boxes. (emphasis added)
At a recent debate, Giuliani boasted that his mayoral administration reached the pinnacle of transparency: “I can’t think of a public figure that’s had a more transparent life than I’ve had.”
The reality, of course, is the complete opposite. He not only left office with thousands of boxes of documents Giuliani didn’t want to go public, but he also quietly secured the materials of his deputy mayors, his chief of staff, his travel office and his official residence. While in office, Giuliani sought to limit public access to information on such mundane matters as working water fountains in city parks and the city’s recycling program.
The campaign responded to all of this, calling questions about Giuliani’s penchant for secrecy “nitpicking.” He wasn't kidding.
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In Canada, Conrad Black did this. He is now serving 6 years in prison.
When can you expect Guilani, Mayor of, and likely involved in, 9/11. Who absconded with 2000boxes of legal papers recording everything he did to help this attack go thru and propell him onto the ticket for the Neo-Con's, to get arrested? Cause lets face it, there are two republican parties. The one that we remember and the one that is.
"Two hearts, believing in just one mind"-Chuck Todd singing Best Of Phil Collins CD to the pics of Rudy on his bedroom wall
Il Douche, Ghouliani.
Wonder is "Miss" Christine Matthews will now 'analyze' this for the next months ahead non-stop ? after raging for how long about Clinton's presidential records and who has provided financial support to his library ........... Nope, you ain't gonna hear one peep out of this pathetic piece of repiglican scum .. or should i say cum ......
I'm just so totally surprised and taken aback by this unlikely story about Rudy.
I couldn't find a 'sarcasm' tag with italic and bold so hopefully it comes through all the same.
Rudy. Secrecy? No! Ya don't say.
Why you think these guys like to yap so much about Tax Rebates and Cheese Doodles to the right wing base?
(When not evangelizing Terror)
Guiliani is Cheney's handpicked successor. He is the hier to the imperial presidency. You like Dicky and Georgie, You'll love Her Rudy!
Herr Rudy even!
When Shaun Hannity endorsed Rudy (kissing his butt repeatly on FOX) I knew not to vote for him.
So far I've only seen Rudy bumperstickers on Escalades...
I just returned from a Christmas trip across the state of Florida and we saw lots of cars, trust me. The only political signs or bumper stickers we saw were ones for Ron Paul. I'm not sure Rudy is as popular down here as he thinks he is. He's flawed and repubs down here don't want to be responsible for another disaster in the white house. At least that's the way it appears now. My money is on them going for McCain since that really is all they have left.
Neil @ 2:
Where's fitz when you need him?....
Is Giuliani still keeping memos secret?
How about that March 16, 1981 memo written by Giuliani...
( before he was confirmed Associate NY Attorney General )
http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/2007/05/o...
The memo subject line:
--> “CIA Referral - Alleged Foreign Government Interference With 1980 Presidential Election.”
Quite a trail for journalists to research...
The Attorney General at the time of the Giuliani memo was William French Smith. Smith's special assistant at the time
--> was David Hiller, NOW publisher, president, and CEO of the Los Angeles Times.
Hiller's special assistant for Smith
--> was John G. Roberts, Jr., now Supreme Court Chief Justice.
Quite a family of characters and secrecy.
Parry has more...
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=017930374292714292268%3Avw5cotp1r2c&q=octob...
Look! I'm thick and tired of people accuthing me of being a bad, bad man! Yeth, I am a bad, bad man, but you're not thupposed to know this!
Damn media! Thut up already!!!
Rudy
Giuliani lies like Bush, steals like Cheney.
He's just trying to prove he's President/White House-ready.
send him to pakistan and he can be the fodder he is. what a fucking bastard.
Here are the lables on a few of the boxes that Rudy made sure he didn't leave behind :
9/11
September 11
09.11.01
Sept.11th, 2001
09/11/01
WTC 7
My emergency bomb shelter
What to say if anyone asks me about what I did and where I was on 09.11.01
And Chicago Joe, you've gotta learn how to write eth'eth. Thith ith very irritating.
Dr. Acula @ 11:
I saw one on a Yugo that was being crushed.
RockmanEnough Says: And Chicago Joe, you’ve gotta learn how to write eth’eth. Thith ith very irritating.
Rockman, thorry! Rudy will do better nexth time. :-)
Why is it that repukes never want the people to know what they are really up to?
If they are as great as they claim, you would think they would want the entire country to be aware of all their wonderful deeds.
Secrecy is the cornerstone of tyranny!
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