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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.
Closing what he called the last major vulnerability for bringing a weapon of mass destruction into the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced new rules for screening passengers and crew members on private aircraft bound for America.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday he'll try again to overcome a judge's objections to a proposal to force employers to get rid of workers whose Social Security numbers don't match their names.
Residents trying to get back to this hurricane-ravaged city Wednesday spent hours fuming in gridlocked traffic, only to be turned away at the bridge by officials worried that the crippled island can't accommodate that many people.
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.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday that U.S. intelligence led Mexican forces to a small submarine captured this week packed with 5.8 tons of cocaine.
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.
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.
A suspect in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent would not have been released from a Mexican prison had U.S. authorities sought his extradition or even said he was wanted on charges there, a spokesman for the Mexican government said Thursday.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday he was pleased with the federal response to the massive Midwest flooding, though he acknowledged the disaster is nowhere near the scale of Katrina — the catastrophic 2005 hurricane that strained the public's trust in elected officials.
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 is downplaying the idea of a nuclear attack by terrorists after recent postings on al-Qaida-affiliated Web sites exhorted militants to pursue weapons of mass destruction for use against the U.S.
U.S. Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff said Thursday that progress is being made in the war on terror but it is being sabotaged by critics of American foreign policy in the West.
A suicide car bomber hit a convoy of international soldiers in Kabul on Thursday, killing three Afghans caught in the blast, police said.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff clarified that federal border agents would not impede a hurricane evacuation from south Texas by checking fleeing residents' documents, diverting from plans confirmed by Border Patrol officials in the state only days earlier.
Texas mayors and business leaders filed a class-action lawsuit Friday alleging Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff hoodwinked landowners into waiving their property rights for construction of a fence along the Mexican border.
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 government plans to approve a 28-mile virtual fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday.
New border-crossing rules that take effect in two weeks will mean longer lines and stiffer demands for ID, including for returning Americans, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday that Washington fears Europe may be a staging ground for terrorist attacks on the United States.
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.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Monday invoked his power to bypass certain laws to restart construction of a fence on the Arizona-Mexico border.
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.
Feds say inauguration attractive terrorist targetThe upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is an attractive target for international and domestic terrorists, but U.S. intelligence officials have no information about specific threats.
Chertoff hopes his 'gains' will stickSecretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff spoke in Tucson today about his policies, his philosophy, and the upcoming transition.
Feds claim immigration strides in 2008The U.S. government arrested and deported record numbers of illegal immigrants - nearly 350,000 - in the past year, authorities say. It has also naturalized a record number of new Americans.
Stop the Raids in the First 100 DaysThe first of the 388 workers arrested in the immigration raid on the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, were deported last week, having spent five months in federal prison. Their crime? Giving a bad Social Security number to the company to get hired.
Chertoff details US 'no-fly list'Fewer than 2,500 people are on the US "no-fly" list, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has said. Reports that hundreds of thousands were on lists barring them from flying or subjecting them to extra security were "simply false", Mr Chertoff said.
Obama Clarifies Joe Biden's RemarksObama today said that Biden was merely making the same point that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff made to Bloomberg News yesterday, that "any period of transition creates a greater vulnerability, meaning there's more likelihood of distractionYou have to be concerned …
The Terrorist Barack Hussein ObamaIF you think way back to the start of this marathon campaign, back when it seemed preposterous that any black man could be a serious presidential contender, then you remember the biggest fear about Barack Obama: a crazy person might take a shot at him.
Government Vows Crackdown on Satire The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today that it will no longer tolerate satire writers, satire sites or anything "making fun" of the United States
Critic Put on Terror Watch List [video]An author critical of the Bush administration's Karl Rove landed on the terror watch list. CNN's Drew Griffin reports. [runtime 2:55]
Homeland Security setting up counterspy unitConcerns about foreign spies and terrorists has prompted the Homeland Security Department to set up its own counterintelligence division.
Interview : Chertoff: I'm Listening to the Internet (Not in a Bad Way)Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff sat down with Threat Level on Monday in Silicon Valley to talk about laptop searches at the border, the government's new-found interest in computer security, and the continuing saga of overeager terrorist watch lists.
Our torture policy has deeper roots in Fox television than the Constitution.The most influential legal thinker in the development of modern American interrogation policy is not a behavioral psychologist, international lawyer, or counterinsurgency expert.
British UFO sightings at 'bizarre' levelsWhatever the explanation, experts agree that the number of suspected flying saucers has hit unusual highs this summer.
Parties Wrangle Over Election-Year Citizenship in Reversal of 1996 Immigration ShowdownIn some ways, it's 1996 all over again with an election-year battle over speedy processing of citizenship applications as the clock ticks down toward Election Day, Nov. 4.
Government surveillance increasingly depends on new and enhanced technology combined with the ability to use that technology.
DHS Announces $79 Million in State Grants for REAL ID"Americans overwhelmingly want secure identification, and this funding will help those states working to provide it," said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
Israel and 911 are Siamese TwinsWhen you put 'Mossad 9/11' into Google you get around a million hits. You get around 700,000 when you put in 'Israel 9/11'. If you put in 'Mossad was behind 9/11' you get more than a million.
The Not-So-Great Wall of MexicoRemember the fence, the one that Congress told Michael Chertoff, head of homeland security, to build on the Mexican border, with the admonition to let no power on earth stop him — no law or statute, no judge or jury? That fence?
Trading Science for PoliticsThe Environmental Protection Agency, on its Web site, describes air quality on the U.S.-Mexico border as "abysmal" and getting worse, due to rapid industrialization.
Chertoff Won't Let Environmentalists Stop Border FenceHomeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is taking heat from liberals and winning praise from conservatives for standing up to environmentalists who want to halt construction of the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Officials Split on Viability of Border-Fence ProjectConflicting accounts about a pilot project to create a virtual fence along parts of the Mexican border add to the confusion surrounding the plan since its inception.
One illegal border crossing is too many — except when it's notMembers of Congress call for tougher border security in one breath and then demand that tougher policies be dismantled in the next. Next up: Demands for more short people who are tall.
Invading Mexicans Run Over, Kill BP Agent: Where Are the Marines? By John W. Lillpop. Sunday, 20 January 2008In one of the most blatant and outrageous acts in the undeclared war that Mexico is waging against America, Mexican invaders ran down and killed a brave Border Patrol agent who was simply doing his job at the Yuma Sector.
Dual Citizenship -- Should we be worried?Someone wrote and asked me, "Why are there Israeli- but not Mexican-American Dual Nationals?" Well, here's my take on this. I'd also like your views and opinions.
Real ID Act is coming to townWASHINGTON--If the Bush administration gets its way, all Americans will be required to present Real ID-compliant identification documents--or risk facing "inconveniences" at airports and federal buildings--by 2017.
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