Chertoff: U.S. vigilant after terror scares
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Foiled terror attacks in Britain and a history of summertime terrorism have U.S. authorities practicing extra vigilance, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Monday.
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HELSINKI, Finland - US embassies in Finland and Latvia issued a rare warning to Americans in the Nordic and Baltic region to be wary of shopping centers and public transport amid a threat of a possible terror attack Monday.
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday that Mexico and the United States need to secure their common border before Congress approves an immigration accord. He acknowledged that focusing on security puts "horrible pressure on the Border Patrol," but said Americans must be convinced that the border is safe before they back a plan to grant more immigrants legal passage to the U.S.
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Monday played down a report that al Qaeda was planning a spectacular attack on the United States, saying there was no credible information about an imminent threat.
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US authorities fear an attack by Al-Qaeda terrorists between now and the November 2 presidential election, top US officials said.
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The United States is safer now than it was before the Sept. 11 attacks, but must not relent in fighting terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday. "I think it's clear that we are safe &#151; safer &#151; but not really yet safe," Rice said.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States is about to impose new security regulations on international travelers just as the country is experiencing its first increase in such visitors since the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Security fears may dampen demand for  air travel in the short term, industry watchers said on  Thursday, after British police foiled a plan to blow up  transatlantic jetliners, but they won't throw U.S. airlines off  their long recovery from the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush yesterday nominated Michael Chertoff, former head of the Justice Department's criminal division and a chief architect of the nation's domestic counterterrorism strategy following the 2001 attacks, to be the country's second homeland security secretary.
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President Bush on Tuesday nominated  federal judge Michael Chertoff, a former prosecutor and  architect of the anti-terror Patriot Act after the Sept. 11,  2001, attacks, to become secretary of homeland security.
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Michael Chertoff says Americans are 'starting to be unwilling' to make the needed sacrifices to repel attacks.
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff got an earful at his first public sit-down with the new Congress on Thursday, with members raising concerns about cuts in state grants, sharp increases in immigration fees and lax management of billion-dollar programs.
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National intelligence director Mike McConnell said Tuesday that U.S. authorities are worried about "sleeper cells" of would-be terrorists inside the United States and are remaining vigilant against any new attacks.
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WASHINGTON - US authorities worry terrorists could target foodstuffs in an attempt to sicken or kill hundreds, maybe thousands of people.
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Investigators have uncovered no signs of U.S.-based terrorists linked to a plot to blow up airliners headed to the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday.
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Post Sept. 11 cyberterrorism predictions haven't materialized. But U.S. power plants, trains and oil pipelines are nonetheless more vulnerable than ever before.
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After two wars, thousands of deaths and many billions of dollars, the United States is still vulnerable to terrorists. That painful reality has ignited a political frenzy over who's to blame and who's best qualified to protect Americans.