The Truth About The Mayor Of 9/11

Ken AshfordElection 2008Leave a Comment

Robert Greenwald’s hard-hitting film:

Greenwald focuses on Giuliani’s bone-headed decision in the mid-nineties to place New York’s Office of Emergency Management "Command Center" within the World Trade Center, despite the recommendations of his emergency advisor.  The WTC was the only place in America that had been the target of terrorist attacks (the 1993 bombing) so it made absolutely no sense to put your command center at something that was a known terrorist target.

The reason that we saw Giuliani on TV walking the New York streets on 9/11 was simply because he had nowhere to go, his command center having been knocked out by the attacking planes.

The film notes that Giuliani picked the WTC because he wanted it within walking distance of City Hall, a rather ridiculous consideration. 

But why did Giuliani want the command center to be nearby?  The short film doesn’t go into it, but it’s not hard to guess, given how it was laid out:

Giuliani’s office had a humidor for cigars and mementos from City Hall, including a fire horn, police hats and fire hats, as well as monogrammed towels in his bathroom. His suite was bulletproofed and he visited it often, even on weekends, bringing his girlfriend Judi Nathan there long before the relationship surfaced. He had his own elevator.

Yup, it was a convenient love nest for Rudy, and as a likely result, some rescue worker deaths could have been prevented.