MICHAEL WEISSKOPF AND MASSIMO CALABRESITime
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.
Danny Wilcox Frazier / Redux for TIME
Not long after he stepped down as mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani received an intriguing offer. A group of officials from a Florida company called Seisint Inc. asked him to promote a powerful new database technology capable of tracking potential terrorists and other criminals. Their timing was perfect. Giuliani had just opened Giuliani Partners (GP), a consulting shop that planned to specialize in helping companies like Seisint grow. "Nobody knew us; everybody knew him," says Michael Brauser, a major shareholder who negotiated the December 2002 contract between GP and the Boca Raton�based firm. "It was an unbelievable fit." ... ( read more )
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