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> [Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/well-i-think-first-of-all-there-was-a-failure-to-have-real-clear/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

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## More by Michael Chertoff

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/you-don-t-bargain-with-terrorists-you-don-t-appease-terrorists-and/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/so-that-s-why-i-said-if-you-look-at-the-average-you-would-see-the/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/the-second-thing-we-did-was-said-ok-we-ve-now-identified-the-risk-but/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/first-we-did-rank-everybody-by-risk-and-new-york-comes-out-number-one/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/well-i-mean-congress-did-originally-set-the-formula-for-the-state/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/i-m-sometimes-asked-why-it-is-that-for-30-years-we-seem-to-have/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [The fact that we have not had a terrorist attack in this country in the last six years is not a cause for complacency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/the-fact-that-we-have-not-had-a-terrorist-attack-in-this-country-in/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/we-always-monitor-the-flow-of-information-intelligence-threat-streams/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [Al Qaeda is very media-savvy and very focused on what goes on in the global media.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/al-qaeda-is-very-media-savvy-and-very-focused-on-what-goes-on-in-the/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/but-i-think-the-bottom-line-right-now-is-to-take-the-constructive/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/the-larger-point-is-this-we-ve-invested-over-half-a-billion-dollars/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/and-here-where-the-fact-that-we-ve-given-over-half-a-billion-dollars/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/even-the-kinds-of-ingredients-you-can-find-in-your-own-kitchen-can-be/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [And one of the things I want to say, Wolf, is we're 100 days from hurricane season, and we've got to start focusing on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/and-one-of-the-things-i-want-to-say-wolf-is-we-re-100-days-from/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

> [I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-chertoff/i-have-not-heard-a-report-of-thousands-of-people-in-the-convention/)

[Michael Chertoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-chertoff/)

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