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...With his own preparedness staff, he did discuss terrorism, says Jerome Hauer, Giuliani's emergency-management chief from 1996 to 2000. Giuliani was certainly more aware of the subject than most mayors, which made sense, given the city's panoply of targets. But he was not a student of Islamic extremism, as he claims on the campaign trail, Hauer says. (Giuliani and Hauer had a falling-out during the election to replace Giuliani after 9/11, both sides confirm, after Hauer endorsed a Democrat, arguing in part that the city would be safer under his choice.) "We never talked about Islamic...
...Remember that 1994 subway firebombing? Despite what he said in public, Giuliani had profound concerns about the emergency response, according to Hauer, who became Giuliani's emergency-management chief in 1996. When Giuliani arrived that day, he couldn't figure out who was in charge. "Rudy walked down there and got one story from the police department, one from fire, one from EMS," says Hauer. "He was very frustrated...
Laurence H. Tribe ’62, the prominent legal expert and Harvard Law School (HLS) professor who represented Al Gore in the 2000 post-election saga, will serve as a consultant on constitutional and Supreme Court matters for the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, the firm announced yesterday. Tribe will be working with colleague Thomas C. Goldstein, an HLS lecturer and a partner at Akin Gump, one of the world’s largest legal firms. “Representing private clients in important disputes of the day allows me to put into practice the principles that...
...community, biodefense is viewed as yet another boondoggle that is sucking money and resources from critical public-health needs like new antibiotics and vaccines. Indeed, the consensus outside the Administration is that the program is broken before it even gets off the ground. "BioShield has failed miserably," says Jerome Hauer, a former senior official with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). "The intent of BioShield was to attract new companies to get involved in developing countermeasures. It has not only failed to do that; it has kept a lot of other companies away because they're so concerned...
...blame to go around. At various times over the past three months, CNOOC, the Chinese government (which owns 70% of the company), and the company's gold-plated U.S. advisers?investment banks Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, as well as high-powered Washington, D.C., law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP?all made bewildering, tone-deaf mistakes that hurt CNOOC's case. The oil company's Washington team, sources close to the deal say, consistently reassured management that the politics were manageable?even as the political climate deteriorated throughout the summer...