Michael Chertoff Guard Quotations

We've done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA.

While it is very important to focus an enormous amount of attention and effort on what is going on here, we can't afford to let our guard down in respect to other threats that might happen,

There's no question that with the addition of National Guard and regular troops we've secured the city,

As far as my agency is concerned, port security really rests principally with the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection.

We cannot afford to let our guard down,