Bernard B. Kerik, the disgraced former New York police commissioner, the former Rudy Giuliani  sidekick and crony,  and formerly, a Dubya Bush good ol boy, who was George W's choice to head the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, received a four year jail sentence today. The Associated Press reports that Kerik pled guilty to eight felonies, including tax fraud and lying to federal officials, and corruption.

Bernard Kerik was hailed as a hero after the 9/11 . He went into partnership with Giuliani   -- And Keril, according to federal Judge Stephen Robinson, who is sending him to the slammer for the next forty eight months,  Kerik "use(d) that event (9/11) for personal gain and aggrandizement ." (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/02/18/us/AP-US-Kerik-Investigation....)

 Kerik's conviction further tarnishes Giuliani, calls into question his judgment  for sponsoring, promoting and entering into a lucrative business relationship with the corrupt Kerik.