Best Life Magazine Reports from the Middle East on the New Life of Former Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik.

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Bernie Kerik Won't Fold: Battered by scandal, and facing down a federal indictment that could put him behind bars, Bernie Kerik tries to prove there are second acts in American life. The former New York City police commissioner and onetime Ground Zero Hero invites Best Life overseas to experience, first-hand, his latest mission--working with the Jordanian government to collaborate on the design of an underground, seismic-shock proof, oxygen-stowing compound that could withstand a nuclear attack. "At least here in Jordan, I stand half a chance. Back home it's death by a thousand cuts--cuts to your emotions, finances, family and your life. Now is the darkest time in my life, and nothing I have been through has gotten me ready for it. I am truly f--kin' afraid."

Kerik on His Estrangement from '08 Candidate Giuliani: 'Like Dying a Slow Death...'

For the first time on record, Kerik reacts to Giuliani's numerous public statements referring to aspects of his relationship with Kerik as a "mistake." "I accept the distance created by Giuliani, and I understand it, but inside it's killing me. It's like dying a slow death watching him have to answer for my mistakes."

KERIK TALKS ABOUT HIS PRIOR GUILTY PLEA IN THE BRONX

"By the time I entered the guilty pleas, I just f--king wanted it to be over. I didn't take the pleas because I really thought I had done anything wrong. It was just, 'Pay the f--kin' fine, give 'em their pound of flesh, whatever the f--k they want. There's a point where you just lose the ability to fight."

SYRIAN PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL-ASAD REACHES OUT TO BUSH THROUGH BERNIE KERIK

Best Life reveals for the first time that Kerik was trusted to relay a back-channel diplomatic overture from Syrian President Hafez al-Asad to the White House, requesting a meeting with President Bush. Kerik delivered the message to senior White House staffer - National Security Council Middle East stalwart Elliott Abrams - nearly a year after the Commissioner's homeland security debacle.

KERIK MULLED INVESTIGATING PRINCESS DI'S DEATH ON BEHALF OF MOHAMMAD FAYED

Kerik flew to London in 2005 and was offered work by Mohammad Fayed, father of Diana's lover Dodi, to investigate an alleged US-British intelligence coverup about the circumstances of their death. "I listened to him, and I said, you know, I wish you luck, but I wasn't interested. My personal opinion is I think he believed I was angry at Bush and the US government, so I would be one to come out swinging and attack them on these intelligence issues. Not gonna happen."

QADHAFI AND THE COMMISH: THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WASN'T REVEALS LIBYA'S NEW DESIGNS ON AMERICAN SECURITY EXPERTISE

Not long after his Homeland Security nomination debacle, Kerik was approached by an emissary of the Qaddhafis, and offered work sweeping the country of land mines and training security forces. "It could have been a substantial business, especially on the de-mining end. And I know Libya has been taken off the terrorist watch list. But just on a personal level for me, that would be difficult, especially after 9/11. On top of that, the public perception would be insane. It would be, you know, crazy."

JORDAN'S KING IS BUILDING A NUCLEAR SHOCK PROOF CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER - DESIGNED BY BERNIE KERIK

Jordan plans to build an emergency crisis management shelter capable of withstanding a significant degree of seismic nuclear shock - and behind its conceptualization and construction is none other than former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik. Kerik goes on record about protecting the homeland security of this Arab kingdom.

Kerik has also been put in charge of converting a Jordanian-US joint venture, a small unmanned aerial vehicle, into a counterterrorist spy plane.

INSIDE JORDAN'S NEW AL-QAEDA 'SUPERMAX': A BEST LIFE EXCLUSIVE

We gained the first-ever journalist's access inside Jordan's supermax prison, now under construction, built to house hardcore Al-Qaeda-type detainees. Our story corrects prior erroneous reporting elsewhere that Kerik is involved in the building of a CIA ghost prison in Jordan; in fact, the project is a homegrown Jordanian initiative.

Best Life also offers detailed reporting about the nature of Kerik's input and strategy for reforming Jordan's prison system and training correction officers, including the use of stun shield technology.

KERIK MULLS BROKERING MILLIONS IN GRANT AID BETWEEN GULF DONORS AND IRAQ

Best Life reveals the spread of Arab security contracts Kerik is now mulling: He has been approached by senior Iraqi officials to broker the payment of millions of dollars in grant aid from Saudi Arabia and the UAE to Baghdad's interior ministry. The funds would back an automated national identification system and new border control measures, seen as components of the struggle against jihadists in Iraq. Two contracts are on the table from Kuwait, and connections made for Kerik to Dubai via Jordan's royal family, who are related by marriage.

JORDAN'S KING STANDS BY THE COMMISH

An exclusive interview with Jordan's King Abdullah in which he discusses for the first time Kerik's role in Jordanian security affairs. "We're struggling to make our prisons tighter and more effectively guarded, while also improving on our past record in terms of compliance with minimal human rights standards. When we win credit from international monitors for having achieved these goals, it's going to be a tribute to Bernie Kerik." King also cites development of personal rapport with Kerik through social activities together, an outgrowth of his time in Iraq during which he used Jordan as a waystation.

PARTNERSHIPS WITH SENIOR AMERICAN SECURITY OFFICIALS REVEALED

Best Life reveals the names of four prominent American security consultants who partner with Kerik in foreign security consulting projects. Retired Brigadier General Kenneth Bergquist, a former assistant secretary of the navy; Kim Peterson, a longtime CIA operative and prominent US expert on maritime security; and two prominent NYPD corrections veterans, Jimmy Grillo and Frank Ciaccio.

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