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'''Michael Chertoff''' (born November 28, 1953) was 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 [[Talmud]]ic scholar.

'''Michael Chertoff''' (born November 28, 1953) was the Secretary of [[Homeland Security | U.S. 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 [[Talmud]]ic scholar.

==Air travel security==

==Air travel security==

According to [[Reuters]]:

According to [[Reuters]]:

* On May 29, 2008 Secretary Chertoff said that he would seek to adopt novel Israeli methods, like behavior-detection technologies, to better secure America's airports.

* On May 29, 2008 Secretary Chertoff said that he would 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.<ref> [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29854328.htm]</ref>

* Ben-Gurion International Airport relies heavily on techniques that detect suspicious behavior among travelers. <ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29854328.htm INTERVIEW-Chertoff keen on Israeli airport security technology, Reuters, May 29, 2008]</ref>

 

Chertoff is a high profile advocate for airport [[body scanners]] to protect the flying public from future terror attacks. In a conflict of interest, he never did not volunteer that he is a consultant to a company that makes such equipment. <ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/opinion/17pubed.html?ref=todayspaper The Sources’ Stake in the News, New York Times, January 16, 2010]</ref>

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