Rudy and the Terrorist

This is going to be a little short because I have to go to work. I have seen a lot today about St. Rudy of 9/11 and his sex-capades with "Queen" Judith, But thus should sink Rudy' aspirations to become President. Rudy has ties to terrorist Khalid Sheik Mohamed and it is on tape and in the Village Voice and is now the #1 featured story on "Countdown".
Rudy's Ties to  a Terrorist

Can we hope that Mr. Security will be finished as A Republican candidate after this latest news? I knew there was something else out there to add to Ghouliani's undesirability for any office. And I will bet there is more. Rudy just oozed corruption when he was Mayor but no one would look into anything and he kept everything tied up in litigation.  NYC spent millions fighting FOIA inquiries.
Again, Sorry for the brevity. I have only written one other diary and that was for the California Fires.

•  Tips for the Night Worker

  I know there is more about this Ghouliani. There is far more to come about about no bid contracts for the FDNY radios.

  by TheMomCat on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 05:44:46 PM PDT

  •  Here's a handy link

    to the Village Voiceheadlined story.

    by Lisa Lockwood on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:07:40 PM PDT

    •  Thanks.

      Is the link in the diary working. I didn't get a chance to check. I'll do it now.

      by TheMomCat on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:09:26 PM PDT

      •  It probably is.... I just didn't see it

        I guess I DO need to wear these glasses...........sigh.

        by Lisa Lockwood on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:13:52 PM PDT

        •  LOL. ;-)

          by TheMomCat on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:14:40 PM PDT

•  the untold stories

  Rudy has his own 'blackwater' and he's resisted turning over his client list.  Rudy is amazing, he's runner up for worst, but they're all pretty much neck to neck.  Our weakest candidate is way more competent then their best, who is probably more or less neck to neck with Rudy.  Believe in black helicopters and the need to be armed to fight them off? (guess who)

  by anna shane on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 05:51:48 PM PDT

  •  I believe

    that Rudy was trying to emulate Eric Prince.

    by TheMomCat on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 05:56:05 PM PDT

•  Saw KO. Bad news day for G. is an understatement!

  by Nihilvor on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 05:55:20 PM PDT

•  yeah, this is a big story

  I don't know if it'll penetrate past Countdown, but it deserves to.

  by dday on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 05:56:54 PM PDT

  •  Osually when KO picks it up

    and has it as his #1, the rest of the so-called news media follows and plays catch-up. Hopefully, this will push O.J. down the list on news.

    by TheMomCat on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:00:31 PM PDT

    •  OOps, Usually. Need to look before Post.

      by TheMomCat on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:01:18 PM PDT

    •  but he also

      is reporting on Bill Clinton saying he was against the war. I recall seeing an interview where he said that as an ex-president he needed to stay out of it, but that he thought the inspectors ought to finish their jobs, because if we went in and later learned that the rationale didn't hold up, the dead people wouldn't be brought back to life. One would think they'd do a check of his clips from that time, and also their own reluctance to put out anything that seemed against Bushies plans, because he was so wildly popular than and anyone against it, was a french loving commie, or something.  

      by anna shane on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:05:14 PM PDT

•  Um . . .

  Three weeks after 9/11, when the roar of fighter jets still haunted the city's skyline, the emir of gas-rich Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah al-Thani, toured Ground Zero. Although a member of the emir's own royal family had harbored the man who would later be identified as the mastermind of the attack—a man named Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, often referred to in intelligence circles by his initials, KSM—al-Thani rushed to New York in its aftermath, offering to make a $3 million donation, principally to the families of its victims. Rudy Giuliani, apparently unaware of what the FBI and CIA had long known about Qatari links to Al Qaeda, appeared on CNN with al-Thani that night and vouched for the emir when Larry King asked the mayor: "You are a friend of his, are you not?"

  "We had a very good meeting yesterday. Very good," said Giuliani, adding that he was "very, very grateful" for al-Thani's generosity. It was no cinch, of course, that Giuliani would take the money: A week later, he famously rejected a $10 million donation from a Saudi prince who advised America that it should "adopt a more balanced stand toward the Palestinian cause." . . .

  But there was another reason to think twice about accepting al-Thani's generosity that Giuliani had to have been aware of, even as he heaped praise on the emir. Al Jazeera, the Arabic news network based in Qatar (pronounced "Cutter"), had been all but created by al-Thani, who was its largest shareholder.

  Stick a fork in him, Rudy911 is done.

  by MajorFlaw on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:05:37 PM PDT

  •  Thanks, Major

    I had to do this in a hurry and I won't be here much longer. Work beckons. If the KO piece comes up, I hope someone posts it.

    by TheMomCat on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:14:11 PM PDT

  •  I don't see funding Al Jazeera as proof of evil..

    what, nobody in the world is allowed to listen to anything but Murdoch stations?

    by Boreal Ecologist on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 08:25:17 PM PDT

    •  There is much more to this story

      When you have a chance, read the VV article or view the clip from Olbermann's show last evening, (fourth choice on the list: "Giuliani’s ties to terrorism?").

      by Ellicatt on Thu Nov 29, 2007 at 06:48:19 AM PDT

      •  will do, thanks

        I agree was more to story, I just that one element did not properly belong.

        Cheers, Ellicatt

        by Boreal Ecologist on Thu Nov 29, 2007 at 07:01:17 AM PDT

    •  It not so much the funding

      of Al Jazeera, it is the person that is doing it and the question: How much influence does can he exert on their programming? Unlike Murdock, who actually owns the media outlets, maybe not so much, but the question still hangs out there.
      Perhaps, like with Faux News, we need to take it with a large grain of salt.

      by TheMomCat on Thu Nov 29, 2007 at 07:53:42 AM PDT

•  The two

  stories coupled, should just about send Rudy off the stage for good. Usually, people get hit with just one of these things and it makes a mess for them. Lucky Rudy gets a twofer. Sometimes life is just too good.

  by RustyBrown on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:08:42 PM PDT

  •  He was just asked about the heliocopters

    and lied like a rug. Rudy is a micro-manager. He mew where every cent went, especially regarding his office expenses.

    by TheMomCat on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:11:52 PM PDT

    •  This could

      well be his last debate. These things are like blood in the water. The Democrats, the Republicans, or both are likely shooting film right now for things that will appear not later than tomorrow at noon. Shark attack, Rudy.

      by RustyBrown on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:16:55 PM PDT

•  giuliani is the worst candidate because...

  he's an extension of this administration. Check out his advisers.

  by leftbird on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:10:28 PM PDT

•  Why does it seem to me

  that the earlier part of Guiliani career when he was procecuting mob bosses, he was simply trying to thin out the competition?

  by Wes Opinion on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:15:49 PM PDT

•  what's the scandal here?

  This would appear to distract from the humping scandal.

  by nieman on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:18:02 PM PDT

•  Sorry for the duplicate diary

  I just shot one off and when I came back found yours.

  by JoMo DemKim on Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 06:23:55 PM PDT