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A Colorado company that offers security-clearance background investigations to government agencies has named former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to its board.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Sunday that President-elect Barack Obama shouldn't rush to close Guantanamo Bay before he has a plan to deal with all the detainees.
The nation's top immigration cop unknowingly used a company that hired illegal immigrants to clean his home for about three years, starting in 2005.
The current homeland security secretary advised his successor Wednesday not to reorganize the young department or try to please everyone.
Senior federal officials are telling Gulf Coast residents to listen to what their local officials tell them to do. And if they are told to evacuate, evacuate.
The nation's top domestic security official said Wednesday aviation remains vulnerable to terrorist attack seven years after 9/11.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is telling The Associated Press that he can't remember a time when FEMA was juggling so many major disasters at once.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff got a firsthand look at damage from recent Missouri flooding and an update about how recovery is going.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in an interview broadcast Sunday that negotiations with al-Qaida would be futile.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says he feels the pain of employers pinched by intensified efforts to control illegal immigration, but adds that until Congress enacts broad immigration reforms they shouldn't expect any changes in enforcement.
Federal cybersecurity officials are trying to develop an early warning system that alerts authorities to incoming computer attacks targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday.
The terrorist threat to the United States has not abated despite government steps in the past year to tighten rules for people and goods that enter the country, the nation's chief of homeland security said Wednesday.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff spent Sunday in Iraq, where he participated in a ceremony for 178 foreign-born service members to become U.S. citizens.
Reaching a new agreement with Canada to share air passenger information by the end of 2008 seems futile, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the White House in an internal report on his department's priorities.
The government needs broader access to airline passenger information to identify potential hijackers, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in an article published Tuesday.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff called on state legislators Thursday to embrace new federal driver's license requirements to strengthen security, but state lawmakers later demanded that Congress either fund the program or drop it.
The nation's chief of homeland security said Sunday that the U.S. should consider reviewing its laws to allow for more electronic surveillance and detention of possible terror suspects, citing last week's foiled plot.
A deadly strain of bird flu could appear in the United States in the next few months as wild birds migrate from infected nations, Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said Thursday.
U.S. sees homegrown Muslim extremism as rising threat -- latimes.comLast week, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued her strongest public comments yet on the homegrown threat.
Newly released information proves Justice Department lawyers agreed on the legality of enhanced interrogation techniquesWASHINGTON — When Justice Department lawyers engaged in a sharp internal debate in 2005 over brutal interrogation techniques, even some who believed that using tough tactics was a serious mistake agreed on a basic point: the methods themselves were legal.
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Three Renowned Security Experts Join The Chertoff Group
Chertoff: Military ready if drug gangs cross border Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday that federal SWAT teams and military units are prepared to respond to Mexican drug gangs in the event they cross the Rio Grande and confront U.S. law officers.
Chertoff: US vulnerable to attack during election, transition to new administration"The terrorists are deliberately focusing on people who have legitimate Western European passports, who don't appear to have records as terrorists," Chertoff told lawmakers. "I have a good degree of confidence we can catch people coming in. But I have to tell you ...
Chertoff: European Terrorists With EU Passports Pose ThreatWASHINGTON — European terrorists are trying to enter the United States with European Union passports, and there is no guarantee officials will catch them every time, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.
Border Fence Threatens Wildlife PreservesAt least two wildlife preserves will be forced to close down due to the new border fence between The U.S. and Mexico. The Department of Homeland Security is circumventing 30 environmental laws and regulations to build the fence.
Chertoff: US fears Europe-based terrorismHe said militant attacks and plots in Europe over recent years had made the US aware of the "real risk that Europe will become a platform for terrorists". Mr Chertoff said it was likely security checks on travellers from Europe would be increased.
DHS Announces New License Security Standards: Real ID Program Has Drawn Criticism From States, Privacy GroupsIf you were born after Dec. 1, 1964, be prepared to face something in addition to that long line at the Department of Motor Vehicles in the next few years: more scrutiny.
Chetoff Assesses Obstacles to Homeland Security EnforcementMost interesting in the Secretary's speech were his uncommonly — candid, even blunt, and brave for a public figure — criticisms of interests that he says have made it difficult for the federal government to implement an effective homeland security strategy.
Department Of Homeland Security Chief Calls New York Licenses "among The Most Secure In The Nation" Governor Eliot Spitzer today stood with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to announce an agreement that will make New York's licensing system the most secure and most comprehensive license system in the country
Privacy Intrusions Justified"I actually believe that many of the measures we take serve to enhance security and serve to enhance privacy," said Chertoff, the keynote speaker at a major conference of privacy commissioners and experts from around the world in Montreal.
Chertoff: U.S. 'Unequivocally' Safer Now From AttacksThe United States is "unequivocally" safer from terrorist attacks than it was six years ago, but security gaps remain, notably for private airplanes and small boats, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said today.
Hurricane Katrina was disturbing both in its furious winds and crushing storm surge, killing over a thousand people and destroying the lives of tens of thousands more.
US suspends vast ADVISE data-sifting systemFrom late 2004 until mid-2006, a little-known data-mining computer system developed by the US Department of Homeland Security to hunt terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and biological weapons sifted through Americans' personal data with little regard for federal privacy law …
Gonzo Out/Chertoff In: A Trade-Up?New buzz from Paul Bedard, US News & World Report. It's the extent of the article:
At OpEdNews: A Prophetic Anthropologist Disagrees with Mr. Chertoff: Plus Shows how to Beat The Underground Destroyers of AmericaThroughout the world Everywhere we are brothers Why then do the winds and waves rage so turbulently? Poem of the Great Emperor Meiji Grandfather of Emperor Hirohito...1 "Facilis descensus Averni"2 Ambassador to Japan, Joseph Grew, 1941 All Emphases the author Jean Edward S …
Work on Texas border wall to begin soon: so says Michael "Skeletor" ChertoffConstruction on a border wall in southern Texas is expected to begin by this autumn, despite strong local opposition, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in an interview published on Thursday.
Chertoff: Texas border fence construction to begin by fallU.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says he expects construction of a Texas-Mexico border fence to begin by this fall.
Fight Al Qaeda: Connect the Dots!For the past several days, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff has been appearing on various news programs voicing his concerns that Al Qaeda operatives are either attempting to enter the United States or have already done so in preparation for a major attack against …
"Unless Congress immediately impeaches Bush and Cheney, a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran."This is by Paul Craig Roberts, a former adviser to the Reagan Administration widely credited as the "Father of Reaganomics." It is hosted on an otherwise questionable website though it has by now been reprinted elsewhere and on more reputable and less objectionable pages.
Explaining Michael Chertoff's counterterrorism stomachVideo and Transcript: Special Comment By Keith Olbermann
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