In the midst of his presidential candidacy, former New York City Mayor
Rudy Giuliani now faces a looming government investigation into his handling of the radios
used by firefighters on 9/11.
The investigation, which will examine how the FDNY ended
up using faulty equipment during the terrorist attacks and why Giuliani gave a no-bid
contract to Motorola for that equipment, has been endorsed by New York City Councilman
Eric Gioia, chair of the city's oversight and investigations committee.
"I
will do everything in my power to get answers, to get the truth," said Gioia, a
Democrat. "These families deserve answers and really the entire city and our country
deserve answers."
Calls for an investigation were first proposed by
filmmaker Robert Greenwald who has documented Giuliani's handling of 9/11 in a series of
shorts for Brave New Films. In The Real Rudy:
Radios, Greenwald documents how radios used by the FDNY on 9/11 were the same ones
that malfunctioned during the 1993 attack on the Twin Towers. When - eight years later -
Giuliani finally purchased new communications equipment for $14 million from Motorola, it
was never field-tested. A week later, the equipment was recalled after a firefighter's
mayday went un-heard. Giuliani reissued the old batch of radios. And on 9/11 when a police
helicopter warned that the North Tower could collapse, more than 120 firefighters remained
inside.
"To know that we had failing radios in 1993 and did
virtually nothing until September 11 is shocking to say the least," said Gioia.
"To watch this documentary and see the important questions that were asked and
seemingly unanswered and ignored for so many years, it's disturbing."
More than 20,000 people signed a petition demanding an
investigation into Giuliani's handling of the FDNY radios. In an interview posted on YouTube, Gioia confirmed that he
will take the steps to initiate public hearings, including sending out letters to fellow
council members and requesting pertinent documents. Greenwald praised the initial steps
forward.
"Brave New Films is thrilled with Councilman Gioia's
response to our petition for a City Council investigation into Giuliani's failure to equip
firefighters with the radios they needed on 9/11," Greenwald told the Huffington
Post. "The groundswell of support for our petition shows the depth of Americans'
desire for accountability.
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Excerpt from HuffingtonPost.com by Sam Stein November 1, 2007