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 and recognize that there will be some costs to doing that? Or… — 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
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
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
First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one. — Michael Chertoff Copy Share
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
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… — 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… — 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
Al Qaeda is very media-savvy and very focused on what goes on in the global media. — Michael Chertoff Copy Share
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
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
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
Even the kinds of ingredients you can find in your own kitchen can be used to make bombs. So the problem is with the… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share
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… — Michael Chertoff Copy Share
I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don't have food and water. — Michael Chertoff Copy Share
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