I mentioned earlier that we're putting together a list of all Bernie Kerik's scandals and scams. But there's another list we're working on -- one that interests me just as much. Rudy's been asked once or twice about his knowledge of Kerik's mafia ties in advance of making him Police Commissioner and then later getting him appointed as Secretary of Homeland Security. First he denied knowing and then later, when faced with clear evidence to the contrary, sort of admitted it. (He said, Yeah, maybe I heard but I don't remember.)

But this one instance of Kerik's mafia ties hardly exhausts the man's history of cartoonish conduct and boffo wrongdoing. Much of it Rudy must have known about. I don't buy that a top city official and close friend of the mayor gets sued (with the city as a codefendent) twice over an inappropriate workplace affair and the mayor never finds out about it. Don't believe it. And there are many other examples.

So we're putting together our list of Kerik's scams and scandals. And I think that will help clarify to some degree how much Rudy must have known about in advance of appointing Kerik.

But if you know of published accounts in which Rudy is asked about his knowledge of specific incidents with Kerik, drop us a line and let us know.