IT'S SUFFICIENTLY REVEALING THAT HE HAS TO HIDE HIS OWN RECORD:

Mystery man Rudy: Looking for clues in Giuliani mayoral archives? Good luck! (DAVID SALTONSTALL, 5/02/07, NY DAILY NEWS)

Rudy Giuliani is the only mayor to take possession of papers before returning them. [...]

[F]iles that would seem to pose a hazard to Giuliani as he now seeks the GOP nomination for President - those on abortion, gun control or his personal life, for instance - offer little insight into the once-moderate mayor, according to a review by the Daily News.

A file labeled "Private Life/Divorce" offers nothing more than a few old press clippings about his breakup with Donna Hanover, as well as a transcript from the May 2000 press conference where he described his then-girlfriend and now-wife, Judith Nathan, as "a very good friend."

Meanwhile, Hanover's papers as First Lady have been all but erased. "This subgroup was not filmed," is all the archive says.

Documents from the historic weeks after 9/11 seem similarly scant. Instead of memos detailing concerns about air quality or coordination among agencies, the record consists of a few dry reports that sketch efforts to restore the city bureaucracy. [...]

On the other hand, there are scores of form letters from Giuliani responding to celebrities who commended his leadership after 9/11. Recipients of the mayoral thank-yous included everyone from Donald Trump and Barbra Streisand to the Dalai Lama and Henry Kissinger.

But the files on the Bering Strait are voluminous....

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 2, 2007 10:36 AM