Michael Chertoff
From Conservapedia
Michael Chertoff (born November 28, 1953) is the United States Secretary of Homeland Security including jurisdiction over FEMA for national disaster management, appointed by President George W. Bush on January 11, 2005 to succeed Tom Ridge. Previously, he served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals, as a federal prosecutor, and as Assistant U.S. Attorney General under the Bush Administration. Michael Chertoff's father Rabbi Gershon Baruch Chertoff, was the former leader of the B'nai Israel Congregation in Elizabeth, NJ and his mother, Livia Chertoff, was an El Al flight attendant . His grandfather was a Talmudic scholar.
According to CNN.com, senior officials of the Bush Administration have indicated that Chertoff will likely be tapped as a replacement to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, who resigned on August 27, 2007. [1]
Air travel security
According to Reuters:
- On May 29, 2008 Secretary Chertoff said that he will seek to adopt novel Israeli methods, like behavior-detection technologies, to better secure America's airports.
- Ben-Gurion International Airport relies heavily on techniques that detect suspicious behavior among travelers.[2]
