Not Considering Cyber Security Is Like Leaving Money On The Table, Says Chertoff

During a discussion at the Chamber of Commerce Monday, Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said small businesses cannot afford to ignore issues of cyber security. (0:10)

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Chertoff: Small Businesses Need Cyber Security "Demystified"

Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff praised the new “Small Biz Cyber Planner,” a new initiative to help small business adopt cyber security plans. Chertoff says smaller businesses need cyber security to be demystified. (0:33)

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Former DHS Directors Says Public Cooperation Necessary To Prevent Lone Wolf Attacks

Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says that it is difficult to detect lone wolf threats within the United States and that the public can assist with this. (0:48)

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Passenger Rights Advocate Cautions Against Rush To Use More Full Body Scanners

A member of the organization, Flyers Rights, told Talk Radio News Service on Monday that air travelers should be concerned about a possible increase in full body scanners at airport security lines.

"Millions are now going to be spent on the full body scanning machines that have not been proven...just because of that one incident," said Anjum Malik, referring to an attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day in which a Nigerian man flying from Amsterdam to Detroit allegedly tried to detonate an explosive device that was hidden in his pants during the plane's descent.

Malik and others with Flyers Rights say that by ordering hundreds of full body scanners, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is wasting taxpayer dollars that would be more wisely spent on detector dogs. Dogs would be able to better "detect explosives without the intrusive privacy issues involved in a full body scanning," according to a release posted on the FlyersRights.org website.

Click on the audio icon link below to listen to the full conversation between Talk Radio News Service Correspondent Geoff Holtzman and Anjum Malik.
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Chertoff: 9/11 Anniversary Reminder Of Need For Effective Emergency Response

Michael Chertoff says that the eight year anniversary of 9/11 is a time to reflect on the progress that has been made with emergency preparedness and recognize the changes the U.S. still needs to make. (0:15)
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Chertoff: We can't withdraw from international courts

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff explains why the U.S. can't withdraw from the international arena simply "because we disagree wiht international courts." (0:30)
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Are judges overly intrusive?

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff addresses the apropriate role of lawyers and judges in issues of national security in the U.S. and abroad (0:42)
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Michael Chertoff says that FEMA trailers, just like every other trailer, has formaldehyde

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) asks Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff about the FEMA trailers, referring to them as "Formaldehyde Trailers." Chertoff says they are trailers sold on the open market, and Waters asks if they have formaldehyde in them. Chertoff says like every other trailer sold, yes, and Waters says "then they are formaldehyde trailers." You've got families in those trailers, she says, and Chertoff says that he would like to answer but he keeps getting interrupted. The Chairman tries to intervene, and Waters says that she didn't interrupt anyone else's question and would appreciate if they didn't interrupt hers. Chertoff says yes, like every other trailer sold on the open market, there is formaldehyde in them. They are using every means at their disposal, he says, to get people to leave those trailers. (1:30)
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Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) talks about U.S. citizens detained by border agents during a House Committee on Homeland Security Hearing

Lofgren says that she is concerned about the documented cases of U.S. citizens detained by U.S. border security agents along the U.S./Mexico border.
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff talks about border fence before the House Committee on Homeland Security

Chertoff says that some landowners on the U.S./Mexican border have been resisting the government's project to construct a fence through their properties.
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