Michael Chertoff: The Homeland Security Chief’s Exit Interview
Show #1318

He was New Jersey’s U.S. Attorney, and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, before President Bush named him to head the Attorney General’s Criminal Division. With 9/11, he became the Attorney General’s point man on counterterrorism, helping write the controversial Patriot Act, and designing the Administration’s response to the terrorist threat. But it was his appointment in 2003 to head the massive Department of Homeland Security – with its 200,000 employees – that put New Jersey’s Michael Chertoff squarely in charge of the fight against terrorism on American soil. Now, with the entrance of a new President, Michael Chertoff is exiting his critical cabinet post.

In this special two-part edition of Due Process – Sandra King, who has covered Chertoff since his days as the state’s top law enforcement officer, conducta an in-depth interview with the controversial Chertoff.