We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
You don't bargain with terrorists. You don't appease terrorists. And anybody who believes that this is about something we've done has to ask themselves… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
So that's why I said, if you look at the average, you would see the money New York got this year was in line… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one. — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules against illegal immigration, and I'll tell you what the answer is. The answer is that when the television cameras turn off and the spotlight moves to something else, there are a host of interest groups and advocacy groups… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share
The fact that we have not had a terrorist attack in this country in the last six years is not a cause for complacency or a time to celebrate the end of the struggle. The threat is not going away. The enemy has not lost interest. ...Fundamentally, we're in a struggle about ideology. Terrorists want to remake the world in… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda is very media-savvy and very focused on what goes on in the global media. — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
And here where the fact that we've given over half a billion dollars to New York really plays a role, because New York has… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share Image
