New York
Three days after the Sept. 11 attacks, then–New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani told President Bush, “If you guys catch this guy bin Laden, I would like to be the one to execute him.” Giuliani describes the conversation in his book, Leadership, which went on sale this week. Giuliani said Bush probably thought he was “just being rhetorical,” but he was serious. “Bin Laden had attacked my city, and as its mayor I had the strong feeling that I was the most appropriate person to do it.”
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