Yup, especially during the 4 years 10 months since Bush did solemnly swear to "faithfully execute the office of President of the United States," and has done nothing to protect our borders or enforce our laws.
Posted on 11/02/2005 8:35:04 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
Yup, especially during the 4 years 10 months since Bush did solemnly swear to "faithfully execute the office of President of the United States," and has done nothing to protect our borders or enforce our laws.
"His grandfather was a Jew from Russia, so his name has Russian origin. Young Chertoff was born an Israeli citizen (by virtue of his mother's Israeli citizenship) in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of a rabbi and El Al's first flight attendant (Livia Chertoff), Michael Chertoff went to The Pingry School in high school. He later attended Harvard University, (LIKE MOST NWO stooges) graduating in 1975. He then graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1978, going on to clerk for appellate judge Murray Gurfein for a year before clerking for United States Supreme Court justice William Brennan from 1979 to 1980. He worked in private practice with Latham & Watkins from 1980 to 1983 before being hired as a prosecutor by Rudolph Giuliani, then the U.S. attorney for Manhattan, working on mafia and political corruption-related cases. (He is well versed in corruption)
Public service
In 1987, Chertoff joined the office of the U.S. Attorney for the state of New Jersey. He was appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 as United States Attorney for the state in 1990. Chertoff was asked to stay in his position when the Clinton administration took office (!) in 1993, at the request of Democratic Senator Bill Bradley; he was the only U.S. attorney not replaced. Chertoff stayed with the U.S. Attorney's office until 1994, when he entered private practice, returning to Latham & Watkins as a partner.
Despite his friendly relationship with some Democrats, during the Whitewater scandal investigation of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Chertoff was special counsel for the Senate committee studying allegations against the Clintons. When Chertoff faced Senate confirmation in 2003 for a federal judgeship, Hillary Rodham Clinton, then a Senator from New York, cast the lone dissenting vote against Chertoff's confirmation. She explained that her vote was in protest of the way junior White House staffers were "very badly treated" by Chertoff's staff during the Whitewater investigation.
Chertoff is the co-author, along with (another "Great American") Viet Dinh, of the USA PATRIOT Act, signed into law October 26, 2001.
In 2000, Chertoff worked as special counsel to the New Jersey State Senate Judiciary Committee, investigating racial profiling in New Jersey. He also did some fundraising for George W. Bush and other Republicans during the 2000 election cycle and advised Bush's presidential campaign on criminal justice issues. From 2001 to 2003, he headed the criminal division of the Department of Justice, leading the prosecution's case against terrorist suspect Zacarias Moussaoui and against accounting firm Arthur Andersen for destroying documents relating to the Enron collapse. His prosecution of Arthur Andersen was controversial resulting in the collapse of the firm and the loss of employment by its 26,000 employees. The Supreme Court overturned the conviction and the case has not been retried. At the DOJ he also came under fire as one of the chief architects of the Bush Administration's legal strategies in the War on Terror, particularly regarding the detainment of thousands of Middle Eastern immigrants. Chertoff was appointed to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia by Bush on March 5, 2003, and was confirmed by the Senate 88-1 on June 9.
In late 2004, after the controversial Bernard Kerik was forced to decline President Bush's offer to replace the outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, a lengthy search ensued to find a suitable replacement. Citing his experience with post-9/11 terror legislation, Bush nominated Chertoff to the post in January 2005. He was unanimously approved for the position of Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by the Senate on February 15, 2005.
Most recently Chertoff has managed the FEMA response to Hurricane Katrina. On the third of September, several days after the initial strike of the hurricane many (including the New Orleans mayor, Ray Nagin) indicated severe dissatisfaction with the response from Washington, citing the delay between the general knowledge of the storm's likely impact and any effective federal response. Lousiana's Governor Blanco declared a state of emergency on August 26 [1]; a week later, New Orleans remained in a state of chaos.
Chertoff himself appeared misinformed about the situation, presumably because of the LA governor, even calling the situation at the Convention Center "rumors" after it had been in the news most of the day. While defending the federal government's response in a September 3, 2005 press conference, Chertoff asserted that no one had ever predicted a disaster of this magnitude; however, warnings had in fact come for years from experts in the private sector as well as government agencies at all levels, including FEMA itself, who had identified a disaster such as this as one of the three most likely catastrophes to strike the US."
And now there is no stopping illegals, right, Michael? Riiight.
"maybe by 2025 something will get done...."
Yeah, California will officially be annexed to Mexico.
YIKES. What an endorsement!
Chertoff is just another lawyer. Why can't they find anyone but lawyers for these strategic positions? Nevermind.
YIKES! indeed.
Mexico wouldn't be walking across the border if they had any kind of comprehensive private property registration system.
Not with Bush and Chertoff running things they won't.
Complex solutions to simple problems are the norm. Simple solutions to complex problems will NOT be tolerated by the imperial federal gooberment.
and under Chertoff it appears FEMA has gone to he!! in a handbasket... so, yes, fire Chertoff .. too bad Kerick got vamboozled.
Well, Mexico is a third world nation or worse, and the powers that be down in Mexico City like it like that. They shift malcontents, thugs, crooks over the border with a ton of dope and remind them to send $$$ home. What incentive is there for them to clean up their country? Not bribery from us, but the prospect of a future so awful they have to change. Mexicans and others in this hemisphere have to prefer staying home to making the long, dangerous journey north.
Here's a creative approach to the problem: Hold Mexico's feet to the fire. Don't let illegals send $$$$ back home. Shoot drug smugglers dead. That's a start.
Gotta tell ya - Kinky Friedman's "Five Mexican Generals" plan might be the most pragmatic...
Or at all ...
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