-Caveat Lector- Mar 17, 2003
Ex Giuliani Administration Housing Official Arrested on Child Porn, Other Charges By Erin McClam Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A former city housing director was accused Monday of owning child pornography and using public money to pay for personal items - including a car, "The Sopranos" DVDs and a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon. Russell Harding, who was housing director in the administration of Rudolph Giuliani, was arrested as federal prosecutors unsealed a six-count indictment charging him with conspiracy, fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, receiving child pornography and possessing child pornography. The indictment said he had a child porn movie and 10 child porn computer images. Harding was due in federal court later in the day, and U.S. Attorney James Comey planned a news conference to discuss the charges. Harding's attorney, Gerald Shargel, did not immediately answer a call for comment. >From 1998 to 2002, Harding was director of the city's Housing Development Corp. under Giuliani, overseeing federal grants to build and oversee housing projects. Harding's father, former longtime state Liberal Party boss Raymond Harding, is a close friend of Giuliani's. The indictment accuses Russell Harding of using his HDC Diners Club card to pay for expenses on personal trips to Hong Kong, San Diego, Vancouver, B.C., and Portland, Ore., and of using an HDC check to buy a $38,664 car intended for a friend. Among the items he bought, the indictment said, werePalm Pilots, Cirque du Soleil tickets, DVDs of HBO's "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City," and a subscription to Vanity Fair magazine. Published reports have said that a federal probe has also examined whether Giuliani chief of staff Anthony Carbonetti accompanied Harding on the trips at taxpayer expense. The indictment makes no mention of Carbonetti. It says another HDC employee accompanied Harding on the trips to Vancouver and Hong Kong. A Giuliani spokeswoman did not immediately return a call for comment. AP-ES-03-17-03 1210EST This story can be found at: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAK495PEDD.html Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it." The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sutra <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
