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Kerik Gets Security Contract Despite Ethics Woes
POSTED: 11:02 am EST January 26, 2007
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has been hired as a security adviser to the government of Guyana.
The one-year contract is to provide security consulting to the government of President Bharrat Jagdeo to help fight drug trafficking across the South American country.
Kerik was hired after his guilty plea to misdemeanor charges of accepting illegal cash and gifts while a city official in New York.
The Associated Press reports Jagdeo acknowledged the controversy surrounding Kerik's ethics lapses, but insisted Kerik's skills could help Guyana in the fight against drug trafficking.
Kerik was nominated by President Bush for Homeland Security chief in 2004 after helping lead the response to the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City. But Kerik withdrew his name from consideration to head DHS amid questions surrounding his tax and ethics problems.
POSTED: 11:02 am EST January 26, 2007
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has been hired as a security adviser to the government of Guyana.
The one-year contract is to provide security consulting to the government of President Bharrat Jagdeo to help fight drug trafficking across the South American country.
Kerik was hired after his guilty plea to misdemeanor charges of accepting illegal cash and gifts while a city official in New York.
The Associated Press reports Jagdeo acknowledged the controversy surrounding Kerik's ethics lapses, but insisted Kerik's skills could help Guyana in the fight against drug trafficking.
Kerik was nominated by President Bush for Homeland Security chief in 2004 after helping lead the response to the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City. But Kerik withdrew his name from consideration to head DHS amid questions surrounding his tax and ethics problems.
