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2010:

  1. Discussion about Obama's National Security meeting
    Discussion about Obama's National Security meeting

    with Jeff Zeleny and Michael Chertoff on Jan 5, 2010

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  2. Daily Highlights January 5, 2009
    Daily Highlights January 5, 2009

    with Michael Chertoff and Atul Gawande on Jan 5, 2010

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2006:

  1. A conversation with Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
    A conversation with Secretary of Homeland Security Michael...

    with Michael Chertoff on Jan 9, 2006

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1996:

  1. A discussion on the Whitewater investigation
    A discussion on the Whitewater investigation

    with Richard Ben-Veniste and Michael Chertoff on Jun 18, 1996

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  2. A conversation about the Whitewater scandal
    A conversation about the Whitewater scandal

    with Michael Chertoff, Mandy Grunwald, Evan Thomas and more on Jan 12, 1996

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1995:

  1. A discussion of the Whitewater hearings
    A discussion of the Whitewater hearings

    with Richard Ben-Veniste and Michael Chertoff on Aug 9, 1995

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Michael Chertoff is the current United States Secretary of Homeland Security. He previously served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals, as a federal prosecutor, and as assistant U.S. Attorney General. He was nominated as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by President George W. Bush in 2005.

In September 1986 as Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chertoff was instrumental in putting the American (Italian) Mafia on trial. It was the start of the total cleanup of the Italian Mafia in NewYork and Chicago. He is the co-author, along with Viet Dinh, of the USA PATRIOT Act, signed into law October 26, 2001. As head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, he advised the Central Intelligence Agency on the outer limits of legality in coercive interrogation sessions.

In 2000, Chertoff worked as special counsel to the New Jersey State Senate Judiciary Committee, investigating racial profiling in New Jersey. From 2001 to 2003, he headed the criminal division of the Department of Justice. Most recently Chertoff has managed the FEMA response to Hurricane Katrina.

Source- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chertoff