NYT: Police Review Accounts Used in Kerik Years

[kskiska]

The Police Department is reviewing credit card accounts used in sensitive investigations in an effort to determine whether they were misused when Bernard B. Kerik was police commissioner, according to officials involved in the inquiry.

The exhaustive review, which is being conducted by a unit in the Internal Affairs Bureau that handles the department's most sensitive internal inquiries, has as yet uncovered no evidence of improprieties, according to one of the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the inquiry.

The review began shortly after Christmas, after weeks of news reports detailing accusations of financial improprieties and ethical lapses involving Mr. Kerik after the withdrawal of his nomination to be the secretary of homeland security.

The department undertook the review after learning from a New York Times reporter that a department official had raised questions about the use of the accounts, suggesting that some of the spending was suspect.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/nyregion/09kerik.html?ei=5006&en=f069a3db1c582be7&ex=1105851600&partner=ALTAVISTA1&pagewanted=print&position=

[Robbien]

1. The last paragraph describe the accounts being audited

"They are used for a range of purposes, from paying rent on undercover apartments to payments to confidential informants and credit charges for meals or hotels during an investigation, officials said. The accounts enable investigative units to spend money outside the normal purchasing process, the use of which could reveal the existence of an ongoing investigation."

In other words the Kerik Mad Money Funds.

[Bluebear]

3. Exactly. Beware "discretionary" funds

Who knows what he spent the taxpayer's money on!

[susanna]

2. kick it

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. I just googled Kerrik + Senator Schumer....

nothing comes up but a lot of nonsense about ... what a great pick he is

...he's great for NY... yada yada yada.

I understand one H. Clinton retracted her earlier support. ( Such inspired leadership brings tears to my eyes)

If Kerrik was sooooo baaaddd why did our trusted, duly elected, and ... in some cases.... Democratic leaders think he was soooooo greaaaaaate??

Why does at least one apparently still think so?

[0007]

5. I can't believe that part of the crime family is being exposed.

What does junior have to say about his buddies, like Rudy Giuliani and Kerik now? How many more are suspect?

[Judi Lynn]

6. Ma;ybe he's ashamed that they haven't been keeping up

with the MAJOR stealing, cheating, lying by other prosperous Republicans!

Maybe they are seen as "slow!"

Here's a cartoon I just located, done in 1972. It's interesting to note how familiar it seems!



"There's no need for an independent investigation–We have everything well in hand"
As the 1972 presidential campaign progressed, reports surfaced of violations of campaign regulations and laws. On August 26, the General Accounting Office said that it had found irregularities in reports by the Republican Committee to Re-elect the President (known by the acronym CREEP). Democrats complained that an investigation by the Justice Department and the White House were insufficient and called for a special team to handle the matter.

"There's no need for an independent investigation–We have everything well in hand," September 8, 1972
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing on layered paper
Published in the Washington Post (74)
LC-USZ62-126916

More Herblock Nixon-era cartoons:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/crook.html