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NEWS ABOUT: Michael Chertoff

Michael Chertoff stories: 36 news summaries

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Feds to Unveil New ID System

States get more time to phase in more secure licenses

Jan 11, 08 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Homeland Security officials will unveil plans today for new super-secure drivers' licenses but will give reluctant states more time to comply, the AP reports. Every American under 50 will have to switch to the new licenses by 2011 and those older by 2018. The licenses will be linked to a... More »

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American Civil Liberties Union • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • Real ID • drivers licenses • national database

Spy Satellite Charter
May Calm Privacy Fears

Chertoff expects plan to be finished this week

Dec 20, 07 6:57 PM CST
(Newser) - A federal satellite-surveillance program will move one step closer to reality this week with the expected release of its new charter, the Wall Street Journal reports. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who is spearheading the project, will also reveal plans for a $15 billion program to protect the country’s... More »

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Congress • domestic surveillance • Michael Chertoff • Internet security • satellite images

Bush Declares Calif. Emergency

Oct 23, 07 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal aid will soon be pouring into Southern California: President Bush today declared a state of emergency for the fire-scorched region. Wildfires ripping across seven counties have forced half a million people to evacuate. “We extend our prayers and our thoughts” to them, Bush said. Homeland Security chief Michael... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Los Angeles • San Diego • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • FEMA • Malibu • wildfires • state of emergency • George W. Bush

IEDs Pose Growing Risk
on US Soil

Bush administration slow to develop strategy, say critics

Oct 20, 07 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Improvised bombs—terrorists' weapon of choice in Iraq and elsewhere—pose a growing threat on US soil, but the Bush administration has been slow to devise a strategy against them, the Washington Post reports. The Bush team will soon issue a long-overdue plan to counter the so-called IEDs, but critics... More »

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IED • Michael Chertoff

Homeland Security Sues Illinois Over Worker Plan

Claims state law is protecting illegals

Sep 25, 07 8:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Homeland Security is suing Illinois for effectively protecting illegals from a new federal crackdown, the Chicago Tribune reports. A DHS plan has companies submit data on workers, but Illinois' governor says the Feds are too slow and no good: "The Internet-based program has a less than 50 percent accuracy... More »

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immigration • Michael Chertoff • lawsuit • Illinois • verification • E Verify

Olson May
Be Top Dog
on AG Roster

But conservative stalwart would face tough confirmation fight

Sep 12, 07 1:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Conservative stalwart Theodore Olson is the likely top choice to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Reuters reports. The former solicitor general may have a partisan reputation among Democrats—he represented President Bush in the Florida election battle and was accused of trying to dig up anti-Clinton scandals in the 1990s—... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • Michael Chertoff • Theodore Olson

Bush Zeros In
on Next AG

Candidate list down
to five; decision expected this week

Sep 10, 07 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is down to five candidates to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. Of his current choices, Michael Mukasey, a former chief judge for the US Southern District of New York, has the most bi-partisan appeal, while Ted Olson, winning lawyer in the Supreme Court Bush v. Gore election case,... More »

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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • Michael Chertoff • Larry Thompson • Michael Mukasey

At Justice, Chertoff Played Party Politics

AG frontrunner prosecuted Hillary Clinton fundraiser

Sep 4, 07 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Chertoff, a frontrunner to replace Alberto Gonzales, has impressive judicial credentials, but the LA Times reports that he also has a background tinged with partisan politics. While head of the Justice Department's criminal division, the current Homeland Security secretary met with conservative activists and brought controversial charges against an... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • homeland security • Michael Chertoff • Judicial Watch

Chertoff Eyed as AG Nominee

DHS chief would step in for Gonzales

Aug 27, 07 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Chertoff is the top candidate to replace resigning AG Alberto Gonzales, White House sources tell CNN. The Department of Homeland Security chief served as an assistant AG early in the Bush years. Speculation about Chertoff's promotion began as early as Friday, as a US News & World Report blog... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Attorney General • homeland security • Whitewater • Michael Chertoff • Paul Clement • nominee

Feds Simplify Security Plan

Names to be screened through watch lists

Aug 9, 07 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Homeland Security department unveiled a plan today to screen all airline passengers’ personal data through US watch lists. The proposal, a revision of an earlier plan that provoked congressional action over privacy concerns, will be tested beginning this fall, the AP reports. "Secure Flight will not harm personal... More »

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flight • privacy • homeland security • Michael Chertoff • airline • watch list

Terrorism Probe Focuses on Chertoff Advice

Chiquita, now under investigation, sought counsel, got nowhere

Aug 2, 07 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chiquita is under investigation for supporting terrorism, but the company lays the blame on Michael Chertoff. In 2003, Chiquita met with Chertoff, then assistant AG, and admitted to paying protection money to a Colombian paramilitary force on the US list of terror groups. Chiquita's lawyers say they sought advice, the... More »

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Department of Justice • terrorism • Colombia • Michael Chertoff • Chiquita • Bananas

Al Qaeda Amps Up PR War

The terrorist group's propaganda machine
is more polished, prolific than ever

Jul 16, 07 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether or not Al Qaeda has regained its pre-9/11 operational capacity,  the terrorist group has certainly beefed up its PR. Al Qaeda’s media arm has released at least 63 audio and video messages this year, compared with 58 for all of 2006, according to AP figures. And they're... More »

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propaganda • Michael Chertoff • As Sahab • Christian Science Monitor • Ayman al Zawahiri • US intelligence • martyr • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Chertoff Bares 'Gut Feeling'
of Mounting  Terror Threat

Be vigilant, warns security chief

Jul 11, 07 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - America faces a heightened risk of attack this summer and must be more vigilant, warned Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff, who told the Chicago Tribune he has a "gut feeling" al-Qaeda is mobilizing. "We worry that they are rebuilding their activities," he said. A report from his... More »

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homeland security • Michael Chertoff • al-Qaeda

Homeland Security Faces Staffing Crisis

A quarter of top positions remain vacant; Congress warns of safety threat

Jul 9, 07 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nearly 150 top-level management positions at the Department of Homeland Security—nearly a quarter of all available jobs—remain unfilled, a new congressional report warns. The gaps, which include high-level positions at FEMA, immigration agencies, and the Coast Guard, could seriously affect the nation's preparedness for a terrorist threat, according... More »

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recruitment • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • FEMA • Coast Guard • terrorist

US Plays Down New Terror Attack Warning

No specific evidence, Homeland Security Chief maintains

Jul 2, 07 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff has minimized reports of an al-Queda terrorism "spectacular" this summer, described in a secret US law enforcement document. There is no "specific, credible evidence" of an impending attack on the US, Chertoff says, according to the Boston Herald. But one senior official notes... More »

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terrorism • homeland security • United States • September 11 • Michael Chertoff • Glasgow • Prague • al-Qaeda

Secret Service Guards Obama

Chertoff assigns
detail to protect candidate at
request of campaign

May 3, 07 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff has authorized Secret Service protection for presidential candidate Barack Obama, CNN reports. A spokesman would not explain the reason for the assignment but said the secretary acted at the campaign's request. The Secret Service said the coverage is not in response to a specific threat,... More »

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Barack Obama • presidential campaign • Secret Service • Michael Chertoff • Election 2008

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