Article: Too close for comfort; The Bernard Kerik case.

An indictment raises questions about Rudy Giuliani's judgment

HIS mother, a prostitute, abandoned him when he was small. Her probable pimp later killed her. But Bernard Kerik overcame his awful start in life. After army service and a spell as a security officer in a Saudi royal hospital, he eventually became an undercover narcotics detective and chauffeur to Rudy Giuliani, then mayor of New York. In 2000 he was made the city's police commissioner; later, he was nominated to head the federal Department of Homeland Security. Now his even more rapid fall is threatening Mr Giuliani, his one-time mentor and friend and the Republican presidential front-runner.

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