<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: verdana, Times New Roman, Times, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">By DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writer </DIV><BR> <P class=third>NEW YORK – The former police and fire chiefs who were lionized after the World Trade Center attack came under harsh criticism Tuesday from the Sept. 11 commission with one member saying the departments’ lack of cooperation was scandalous and “not worthy of the Boy Scouts.”</P></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/may2004/comm-m22.shtml"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>and</FONT></A> then all bend over for Guiliani wtf is going on</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Asked about the chain of command during the emergency, Giuliani declared: “The line of authority is clear. The mayor is in charge. That’s why people elect the mayor.” He further insisted that “there was no problem of coordination on September 11” between the city’s fire and police departments</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The harsh questioning of Giuliani's former team was a sharp contrast to the universal praise commission members heaped on the former mayor yesterday. His positive assessment of such hotly debated topics as the 911 phone system and gaps in fire and police communications went virtually unchallenged</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Gary?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>ride si sapis</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>