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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.

Giuliani And The Hamptons: Imagine The Tabloid Wood Tomorrow

By Marc Ambinder
Nov 28 2007, 6:59 PM ET Comment

And then answered your own question: is this story big?

From the standpoint of an editor of a producer, just look at the buzz words:

Giuliani. Extramarital Affair. Politico. Money. Hiding. NYPD. The Public Till. Loyalty. Kerik.


This is the Giuliani campaign's on-the-record response to the follow questions:

"Granting that all mayors receive NYPD production round the clock, did the mayor have any knowledge that the costs were allocated the way they were? Did Tony Carbonetti or Ray Lohta have any knowledge? Were the costs allocated properly?"

"This is common practice. The NYPD is responsible for providing security for the Mayor of New York around the clock."


Why wasn't the money put in the police department budget?

Why was it hidden?

Did Giuliani know?

Even if not, is Giuliani responsible for the conduct of his office?

Did Giuliani use the cover of "9/11 and security" to unwittingly cover up malfeasance? His aides told the city comptroller that "security" prevented them from explaining why the costs were unusually allocated.

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