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Broken Borders

Washington Times columnist Diana West says the Senate immigration bill could be the end of America. She tells us why.

Then, National Guard chief Lieutenant Gen. Steve Blum joins us to discuss the president's plan to deploy guard troops to the border.

Plus, Homeland Security slashes funding for New York and increases funding for cities never targeted by al Qaeda. Former NYC Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik joins us.
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Originally Posted by Charlesoakisland

Broken Borders

Washington Times columnist Diana West says the Senate immigration bill could be the end of America. She tells us why.

better the Senate than us

I would like to know why Mr. Bernard Kerik, was not allowed to be head of homeland security,after finding out he had unknowingly,hired an illegal alien, if our own president had hired one in his background? I think this man would have made a fantastic head of homeland security.

The poll on what Bush is doing right was so overwhelmingly negative that they changed it to :

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This is what i wrote:
What Bush is doing right? Or doing well?

He is doing a damn fine job at selling Americans out to Mexico. Very good job at giving away our jobs, our tax money, our soverienty as a nation. He is also doing a bang up job at destabelizing America so he can push us into a communist theird world country for his "globalization" agenda. He is pretty adept at ignoring the people of America including all those who voted for him. Does an A+ job at breaking laws left and right to do as he damn well pleases on everything. Seems to be making great headway in the fine art of betral, treason, as well as intimadation and threats to make other politicians vote his way. Doing one hell of a job draining social security as fast as possible to shove his "privitazation" down our throats. And we must not forget the bang up job he is doing in Iraq accomplishing nothing but, killing off as many of our young Americans and family men as possible.I would have to say he is a fine example of Dictatorship. A fine example of what setting goals and staying focused accomplishes.

Originally Posted by nittygritty

I would like to know why Mr. Bernard Kerik, was not allowed to be head of homeland security,after finding out he had unknowingly,hired an illegal alien, if our own president had hired one in his background? I think this man would have made a fantastic head of homeland security.

Maybe this will answer your question.

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June 30, 2006
Former NY Top Cop Finally Comes Clean
When New York's former police commissioner withdrew his nomination for secretary of Homeland Security in 2004, his ethics were heavily questioned though he repeatedly denied wrongdoing and instead blamed the sudden discovery of having hired an illegal immigrant nanny for the withdraw. Now Bernard Kerik is admitting his corrupt past and rampant ethics violations as the Big Apple's top cop.

Kerik pleaded guilty today to charges of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in gifts while he was a top city official. As a result, he basically got a tiny slap on the wrist. Kerik was convicted of two misdemeanors, spared jail time and ordered to pay a few hundred thousand dollars in fines. That means his high-paying job as a security consultant in the Middle East will go uninterrupted.

Kerik admitted accepting $165,000 worth of renovations on his Bronx apartment from a mob-linked New Jersey construction firm attempting to do business with the city. Kerik had previously denied any wrongdoing and always maintained that he paid every bill for the job.

The media always questioned the so-called nanny excuse for bowing out as the guy to replace Tom Ridge as Homeland Security secretary. One report called him a hard-charging police commissioner dogged by minor scandals.

There were other well-documented problems in Kerik's past. Besides becoming a multimillionaire as a result of a lucrative partnership with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Kerik sealed a variety of questionable deals while heading the city's police department.

For instance, he was named director of a stun-gun manufacturer immediately after signing a lucrative deal with the Arizona company as NYPD chief. Another questionable deal featured the no-bid, $50,000 purchase of doors that couldn't even be used. Kerik was named an advisor for the door company soon after the deal.



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Jun 30, 7:53 PM EDT


Former NYPD Chief Kerik Pleads Guilty

By TOM HAYS
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Former police commissioner Bernard Kerik, whose rise from beat cop to nominee for Homeland Security head was derailed by ethics questions, dodged prison Friday in a plea bargain by admitting he took $165,000 in gifts from a company attempting to do business with the city.

Kerik, at a 10-minute hearing in state Supreme Court in the Bronx, pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanors under a deal that allows him to continue without interruption his new career as a security consultant in the Middle East.

Kerik acknowledged accepting $165,000 in renovations on his Bronx apartment from a company attempting to land city contracts - Interstate Industrial Corp., a business reputedly linked to organized crime. And he admitted failing to report a $28,000 loan from a real estate developer as required by city law.

The transgressions occurred while Kerik was head of the city Correction Department.

In entering his plea, Kerik admitted speaking to city officials about Interstate, but never acknowledged a link between the renovations and his support of the company. Outside court, Kerik showed no sign of remorse and offered no apology.

"The last year and a half has been a tremendous burden," said Kerik, who must pay $221,000 in fines. "But today it's over. Now I can get on with my business."

City officials defended the deal with Kerik, saying he received the same treatment as any other defendant.

"He was arrested and booked, plain and simple," said Rose Gill Hearn, commissioner of the Department of Investigation. "He was fingerprinted and photographed, just like every other perp who gets arrested and processed by the agency he used to lead."

Kerik's close friend and former business partner, ex-mayor Rudolph Giuliani, said the guilty pleas do not diminish the former police commissioner's accomplishments.

"Bernard Kerik has acknowledged his violations, but this should be evaluated in light of his service to the United States of America and the City of New York," Giuliani said in a statement. Giuliani has said he was unaware of the Interstate links when he selected Kerik as police commissioner in 2000.

Kerik first drew national attention while leading the Police Department's response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks. By late 2004, President Bush wanted him for homeland security chief, but he withdrew after acknowledging he had not paid all taxes for a family nanny-housekeeper and that the woman may have been in the country illegally.

More problems surfaced last year when the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement filed court papers seeking to revoke Interstate Industrial's license to work on casinos in Atlantic City. The papers cited testimony by mob turncoats that owners Frank and Peter DiTommaso were associates of the Gambino organized crime family.

The civil complaint also detailed Kerik's cozy relationship with an Interstate official. In 1999, he sent a series of e-mails to the official that "indicated his lack of sufficient funds to both purchase and renovate his new Bronx apartment" and "indicated he would provide information to Frank DiTommaso regarding New York City contracts," the papers said.

In recent months, a grand jury has heard conflicting testimony from the DiTommaso brothers - who denied paying for the renovations - and from a contractor who said they picked up most of the tab.

As a result of Kerik's plea, a city jail facility in lower Manhattan - the Bernard B. Kerik Complex - is now named for someone saddled with a criminal record. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has not made a decision about whether the facility should be renamed, spokesman Stu Loeser said.