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Newsday- King, Giuliani were together when told of plot
Friday August 11, 2006From Newsday:
King, Giuliani were together when told of plot
BY CAROL EISENBERG AND GLENN THRUSH
Newsday
August 11, 2006
"If I were writing a cheap novel, I couldn't even put this in; it would seem too contrived," said the Seaford Republican, author of a thriller about a
King and Giuliani bumped into each other Wednesday evening in the Westhampton vacation house of former city Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, a mutual friend.
At 7 p.m., a Department of Homeland Security staffer called to say Secretary Michael Chertoff would call "on a matter of some concern."
When Giuliani heard Chertoff's name, "he rolled his eyes," King told Newsday.
King isn't sure why Giuliani reacted that way.
When Chertoff called him at 9:45 p.m. with details, King was shocked. "Neither one of us were thinking it would be anything of this magnitude," he said, referring to himself and Giuliani.
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