Bush ally used Ground Zero rescue crew flat as a love nest

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The Independent
By David Usborne in New York
16 December 2004


The murk surrounding Bernard Kerik, whose nomination to be homeland security chief by President George Bush fell apart a week ago, thickened yesterday amid reports he used an apartment that had been donated for use by exhausted 11 September rescue workers for conducting his extra-marital liaisons.

The revelation, carried in the New York Times, will only add to the embarrassment of the White House, which apparently failed sufficiently to vet the background of Mr Kerik, who served as New York police chief under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Since Mr Kerik abruptly withdrew himself from consideration last weekend - conceding tax problems over a former Mexican nanny without proper immigration papers - aides to Mr Bush have squirmed as new ethical and professional questions from his past have surfaced almost daily.

Media reports have focused in particular on ties between Mr Kerik and a New Jersey construction company, Interstate Industrial Corp, which allegedly had connections to the Mafia, as well as on reports that while serving as police chief he conducted two extra-marital affairs at the same time.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=593666

[AllegroRondo]

1. Shouldnt they have caught this during the vetting process?

seems pretty obvious.

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2. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1075960