Michael Chertoff created the Patriot Act which encompasses Homeland Security.
Chertoff use to work with Giuliani in NY as a prosecutor.
With all due respect, I’m pretty certain it was Dem pressure that was the impetus for creating DHS. They wanted another huge government department with union employees.
More “first responders”, so that when the next attack happens, they’ll be out quicker to clean my carcass off the street.