Posts Tagged ‘Michael Chertoff’
Monday, April 19th, 2010
How NY Prepares For Dirty Bomb
It’s a scenario that U.S. intelligence professionals and those tasked to protect New York City have worried about for years: Terrorists acquire the material for an atomic bomb and detonate it in the U.S.
“The likelihood of an atomic bomb is much less because the technology for nuclear detonation is complicated and requires some special elements,” says Michael Chertoff, the former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
He says assembling and deploying a so-called dirty bomb would be a lot easier for terrorists.
“A radiological bomb is nothing more than radioactive material imbedded in, or wrapped around a conventional explosive so that is a much easier type of device to construct and also to get the material for.
So, it is not a fanciful thing to focus on,” Chertoff says.
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Tags: bomb, Department of Homeland Security, dirty bomb, homeland security, Michael Chertoff, new york city, Nuclear weapon, preparedness, terrorism, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says the biggest threat from terrorists may come in the form of biological weapons.
In an interview segment aired Thursday on the FederalNewsRadio program Homeland Security: Inside and Out, the ex-DHS head said concerns about the possibility of a biological attack should outweigh fears of an attack using a nuclear weapon, chemical agents or conventional explosives.
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Tags: biological attack, bioterror, bioterrorism, chertoff, homeland security, Michael Chertoff, Nuclear weapon, terrorism, terrorists, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Warfare and Conflict
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
“In the post-9/11 world, this isn’t just good manners, good government; it’s a national security responsibility,” said outgoing White House chief of staff Josh Bolton.
So this past week, outgoing Bolton and his Obama counterpart Rahm Emanuel took part in something that has never happened before: a mock homeland security exercise for top incoming and outgoing officials.
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Tags: administration, Federal government of the United States, Gordon Johndroe, homeland security, inauguration, Michael Chertoff, Rahm Emanuel, terror, terror attack, U.S. government, United States, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, White House Chief of Staff
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
If Mexican drug violence spills across the U.S. border, Homeland Security officials say they have a contingency plan to assist border areas that includes bringing in the military.
“It’s a common sense extension of our continued work with our state, local, and tribal partners in securing the southwest border,” DHS spokeswoman Amy Kudwa said Friday.
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Tags: border, CIUDAD JUAREZ, drug cartel, homeland security, mexican border, mexico, mexico border violence, Michael Chertoff, narco, narco terror, Rio Grande, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, us
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Although no credible or specific threat is being reported or investigated, the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is no doubt an attractive target for both international and domestic terrorists. According to AP sources, an internal intelligence assessment, says the high visibility of the event, the presence of dignitaries and the significance of swearing in America’s first black president make the inauguration vulnerable to attacks.
What concerns analysts most, the report says, is the potential use of improvised explosive devices, a hostage situation or suicide bombers.
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Tags: barack obama, dhs, fbi, homeland security, Michael Chertoff, obama inauguration, terror, terror plot, terror threat, terrorism, terrorist, United States, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Warfare and Conflict, Washington
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
Cartels’ turf fights escalate and threaten to spread into U.S.
Add another pressing challenge to President-elect Barack Obama’s growing to-do list – tamping down a dramatic rise in violence and corruption that has overwhelmed the U.S.-Mexico border and spread an escalating turf fight between warring drug cartels into the United States.
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Tags: barack obama, border, drug cartel, drug war, George W. Bush, homeland security, Kidnapping, mexico, Michael Chertoff, obama, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United States, United States Border Patrol, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, violence
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Thursday, December 25th, 2008
The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment.
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attacks are considered the most dangerous threats that could be carried out against the U.S.
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Tags: Africa, al qaeda, Counter-terrorism, homeland security.terrorist, Michael Chertoff, Middle East, terror, terror attack, terror plot, terrorism, United States, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, us, War on Terrorism, Warfare and Conflict, Weapon of mass destruction, weapons
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Saturday, December 20th, 2008
Following a two-day wargame exercise on cyber-security issues, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff today said that no one person should be in charge of cyber-security, despite the growing and emerging future threats.
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So might such a threat play out? Pajamas Media provides additional details…
It starts on a cold November night. You went to sleep, comfortably warm, after listening to the late news: a nor’easter coming through, the worst storm in several years. You go to bed, quietly excited at the thought of the fairly certain snow day — build a snowman with the kids, maybe work through the email that has piled up, and do a little online shopping; after all Christmas is coming.
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
The United States faces a heightened threat of terrorist attack “for the foreseeable future” but any attack will likely be homegrown, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Wednesday.
Chertoff, who said over the summer that he had a “gut feeling” that the country faced a heightened risk of attack, said that assessment still stands.
Tags: al qaeda, london, Michael Chertoff, osama bin laden, terrorism, United States, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, Warfare and Conflict
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