bu$h* homeland security nominee Kerik Confesses to Cheating I.R.S. And Telling Lies

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WHITE PLAINS — Bernard B. Kerik, a former detective who rose to lead the New York Police Department through the 9/11 attack before his career crumbled in scandal, pleaded guilty Thursday to eight charges including tax fraud and lying to White House officials.

Wearing a blue suit and a red tie in Federal District Court here, Mr. Kerik sat at the defense table in the packed courtroom with a subdued expression. In a deep, gravelly voice, he said, “Guilty, Your Honor,” as the judge read the charges against him.

One of his lawyers, Michael F. Bachner, rubbed Mr. Kerik’s back during the 90-minute proceeding.

The prosecution and the defense recommended that the judge, Stephen C. Robinson, sentence Mr. Kerik, who faced up to 30 years in prison on the most serious charge, to 27 to 33 months. The judge, who is not bound by the recommendation, set sentencing for Feb. 18. Mr. Kerik was also ordered to pay restitution of nearly $188,000.

The tax fraud charges stemmed in part from Mr. Kerik’s acceptance of $250,000 in renovations to his Bronx apartment, provided by a company accused of having ties to organized crime. He also admitted lying to White House officials, denying improprieties, while he was being interviewed to be head of the Department of Homeland Security.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/nyregion/06kerik.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

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1. he was also Interim Minister of Interior of Iraq

In May 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Kerik was appointed by the George W. Bush Administration as the Interim Minister of Interior of Iraq and Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Presidential Envoy to Iraq, L. Paul Bremer III. He was responsible for reconstituting the Iraqi Ministry of Interior which had dissolved into the community during the U.S. led coalition's invasion of Iraq. The Iraq Interior consisted of the National Police, Intelligence Service and Border and Customs Police. Prior to his departure on September 2, 2003,<21> more than 35,000 Iraqi police were re-instated, 35 police stations were stood up in Baghdad with several more around the country, the senior deputy interior ministers were appointed and the newly established governing counsel appointed the first Iraqi Minister of Interior, post Saddam Hussein, Nouri Badran.<22>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Kerik

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2. Mr. Right Wing? Mr. Family Values .Mr. Zero Tolerance? I'm shocked..

He was probably the guy who built the barbed-wire free-speech zones in NYC.

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3. imagine President Obama nominating a man of such questionable character???

i'm sure the media would mostly ignore it....:sarcasm: