The larger point is this: We've invested over half a billion dollars in New York since this department was stood up. We've given New York more money, by more than double, than any other city in the country.
But one thing that we have done in the last four years is we have really put pressure on the leadership of this organization [Al Qaeda]. We have kill… - Michael Chertoff
But one thing that we have done in the last four years is we have really put pressure on the leadership of this organization [Al Qaeda]. We have kill…
- Michael Chertoff
We don't really have the ability to enforce the law with respect to illegal work in this country in a way that's truly effective...We haven't been ab… - Michael Chertoff
We don't really have the ability to enforce the law with respect to illegal work in this country in a way that's truly effective...We haven't been ab…
The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's not enough to have risk;… - Michael Chertoff
The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's not enough to have risk;…
We always monitor the flow of information, intelligence, threat streams to see whether we have any indication there's some imminent. We work hard to … - Michael Chertoff
We always monitor the flow of information, intelligence, threat streams to see whether we have any indication there's some imminent. We work hard to …
So people have to decide. Do they want to have the security? Do they want to continue to plug the gap [in border security] that GAO has identified an… - Michael Chertoff
So people have to decide. Do they want to have the security? Do they want to continue to plug the gap [in border security] that GAO has identified an…
Even the kinds of ingredients you can find in your own kitchen can be used to make bombs. So the problem is with the people and not with the tools. - Michael Chertoff
Even the kinds of ingredients you can find in your own kitchen can be used to make bombs. So the problem is with the people and not with the tools.
Al Qaeda is very media-savvy and very focused on what goes on in the global media. - Michael Chertoff
Al Qaeda is very media-savvy and very focused on what goes on in the global media.
I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water. - Michael Chertoff
I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water.
The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got. - Michael Chertoff
The Department of Defense took 40 years to get where it got.
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