CHHS in the News

• CHHS Director explains that a lack of knowledge about the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 at its passage has contributed to the current economic woes.
  Gulf Daily News (May. 02, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the Supreme Court decision that held an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo identification to be acceptable.
  WUSA-TV (Apr. 30, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the decision of the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy-making body of the U.S. Federal Reserve, to lower its key overnight rate on loans between banks by 0.25 of a percentage point to 2.00 percent.
  BBC Radio (Apr. 30, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains the confusion surrounding the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
  Reuters (Apr. 30, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director argues "that a different approach to derivatives regulation in 1998 would have helped avert the worst of today's credit crisis."
  The New York Times (Apr. 27, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on Wall Street's "efforts to create a clearing entity that would function as the middleman between firms on both sides of a credit-default swap."
  The Wall Street Journal (Apr. 24, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses "the manipulation of commodity prices, including gasoline and heating oil, by speculators in deregulated financial markets and touched on the manner in which those markets have led to the present credit and financial meltdown."
  WATR Radio (Apr. 19, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that a lack of federal regulation has helped lead to "Amaranth, Enron, and now the subprime crisis."
  Congressional Quarterly (Apr. 14, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director joins expert panel and discusses legal issues surrounding "natural and manmade epidemics"
  Stanford News Service (Apr. 14, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses "issues connected to the subprime meltdown."
  Fox Morning News (Apr. 14, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director participates in conference on the legal implications of government responses to naturally occurring epidemics and terrorist use of biological weapons
  C-SPAN (Apr. 11, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the "free-wheeling Wall Street practices" that lead to the sub-prime mortgage collapse
  The Nation (Apr. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on federal response to financial woes
  Seacoastonline.com (Apr. 03, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains the effect newly proposed federal regulation will have on finance
  WUSA-TV (Apr. 02, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the disregard Wall Street has exhibited towards the public
  American Public Media (Apr. 02, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the proposed reforms concerning federal regulation of finance
  National Public Radio (Apr. 01, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that the federal government knew of problems with the derivatives market
  The New York Times (Mar. 31, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains the failings in the proposed federal financial reforms
  The Guardian (Mar. 31, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the idea of turning the Federal Reserve into a "super cop"
  Mediachannel.org (Mar. 31, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the proposed overhaul of the financial regulatory system
  The New York Times (Mar. 30, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the lack of regulation in the derivatives market
  The New York Times (Mar. 23, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the controversial Washington D.C., gun ban and also the FCC's battle with obscenities during on-air broadcasts
  WUSA-TV (Mar. 18, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the collapse of Bear Stearns
  GlobeSt.com (Mar. 18, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that while New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer must resign in the wake of a sex scandal, "There's a very good chance he will escape prosecution."
  WUSA-TV (Mar. 12, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director is sworn in as a member of the (Maryland) Governor's Emergency Management Advisory Council (GEMAC)
  Government Technology (Mar. 10, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the five year anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security
  Newsday.com (Mar. 07, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains how trading on a futures market that exceeds authorized limits can constitute criminal fraud
  Cattlenetwork.com (Mar. 06, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the problem of military personnel passing secrets to terrorists
  The Associated Press (Feb. 24, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the problem of military personnel passing secrets to terrorists
  Houston Chronicle (Feb. 24, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that "channels may have been subverted" to allow the CIA to use interrogation practices that clearly violate the law
  ABC News (Feb. 23, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses Amtrak's new security measures
  WUSA-TV (Feb. 20, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the failure of the CDC to protect the public from health threats posed by trailers housing thousands of Katrina survivors
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Feb. 15, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses why the Senate voted to re-authorize the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program while granting immunity to major telecommunications companies that have taken part
  WUSA-TV (Feb. 13, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains how "Guantanamo has inspired debate about the constitutional guarantee of habeas corpus"
  The Daily Record (Feb. 08, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses shortcomings in the evacuation plan prepared for the National Capital Region
  WWWT-Radio (Feb. 07, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the "eye opening" experience that led a former student to make a movie about Guantanamo Bay
  The Baltimore Sun (Feb. 05, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on Guatanamo Bay screenplay created by former University of Maryland Law student
  The Associated Press (Feb. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains why effective pandemic planning requires more funds to be allocated to public health
  Amendnews.com (Feb. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that federal pandemic flu planning amounts to a "classic" unfunded mandate
  Washington Post (Feb. 02, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses why the Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates again
  WUSA-TV (Jan. 30, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that U.S. prosecutors face steep legal hurdles if they appeal the prison terms imposed on Jose Padilla and two other men convicted of terrorism conspiracy and material support charges because of the broad powers federal judges enjoy in deciding sentences
  The Associated Press (Jan. 24, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director questions the wisdom of spending homeland security funds on antimissile defense system for commercial airliners when there are many other problems that must be addressed
  Christian Science Monitor (Jan. 23, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the Federal Reserve's decision to lower its federal funds rate, which eventually helped calm U.S. markets
  WUSA-TV (Jan. 23, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that the federal government has taken a risk by trying to project borderline cases as high-profile terrorism prosecutions
  The Associated Press (Jan. 20, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director analyzes the recent U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled that investors who are seeking to recover damages in securities fraud cases cannot sue lawyers, banks, and other businesses who allegedly helped corporations manipulate stock prices
  WUSA-TV (Jan. 16, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains how the states will bear the burden of ensuring that the requirements of the new Real ID program are satisfied
  ABCNews.com (Jan. 11, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director questions whether the states will be able to create, operate, and adequately protect the vast databases necessary to implement the Real ID program
  ABC News (Jan. 11, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses how the Supreme Court will decide if the District of Columbia handgun ban is constitutional or not
  WUSA-TV (Jan. 02, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains why the Department of Homeland Security did not issue any new terror warnings this holiday travel season
  WTTG-TV (Dec. 26, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses why the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether voter identification laws unfairly deter the poor and minorities from voting
  WUSA-TV (Dec. 26, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the Supreme Court detainee case, Boumediene v. Bush
  Dec. 5, 2007 (Dec. 05, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the Supreme Court detainee case, Boumediene v. Bush, and the repercussions it will have on the Guantanamo Bay detention facility
  Dec. 5, 2007 (Dec. 05, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the need for the federal government to assist Georgia with its drought emergency efforts
  Dec. 5, 2007 (Dec. 05, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the case of a former Navy sailor charged with supporting terrorism
  Nov. 28, 2007 (Nov. 28, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the implications of the summit in Annapolis between Israeli and Palestinian leaders
  Nov. 28, 2007 (Nov. 28, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses CIA videotapes of Al-Qaeda suspects
  WUSA-TV (Nov. 14, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on a standardized U.S. identification system being useful in preventing indivduals from boarding planes using false pretenses
  CBS News (Nov. 05, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on a likely politically unpopular standardized U.S. identification system being useful in preventing indivduals from using false identification or boarding planes using false pretenses
  Christian Science Monitor (Nov. 05, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on reported 800,000 people on the terror watch making it become virtually useless
  WUSA-TV (Oct. 24, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the recent private security company incidents in Iraq giving the appearance of lawless force unaccountable for the damage they inflict
  Ch. 9 News (Oct. 10, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director commented on a recent Oregon judge's ruling that the Patriot Act violated the Fourth Amendment as an extraordinarily sound opinion
  Reading Eagle (Oct. 02, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses an Oregon judge's recent striking down of two provisions of the Patriot Act because of a bungled government investigation
  Associated Press (Sep. 28, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on a federal judge's recent ruling which struck down two provisions of the Patriot Act as unconstitutional as having extraordinarily sound analysis of the law and further, that a bungled government investigation opened the door to the Patriot Act challenge
  The Associated Press (Sep. 27, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses a recent federal judge's ruling that two provisions of the Patriot Act are unconstitutional
  ABC News (Sep. 26, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the possible appointment of Michael Mukasey as a chance to completely remake the Department of Justice
  Legal Times (Sep. 24, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on Michael Mukasey being a good choice for attorney general
  The New York Sun (Sep. 17, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on a recent GAO report which outlined failures in Department of Homeland Security's security management of their information technology system
  Federal Computer Week (Sep. 17, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the surfacing of the new Bin-Laden tape which he says serves as a reminder we have "been fighting the wrong threat in the wrong place at the wrong time, losing a great deal of American treasure and blood in so doing"
  WTTG-TV, Ch. 5 (Sep. 07, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the exceptionally low rating the Homeland Security Department received from a recent GAO report
  WTWP Radio (Sep. 07, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the surfacing of a new Bin-Laden video and his resurfacing serves as a reminder to the American people of our continued loss of American treasure and blood
  FOX 5 News (Sep. 07, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on Bin-Laden's recent resurfacing demonstrates that we took our eye off the ball to go into Iraq and should have continued our military and policy focus on the Afghanistan/Pakistan mountanous terrorist training centers
  WTOP (Sep. 07, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the recent GAO report of the Department of Homeland Security and its ongoing organizational problems
  Washington Post Radio (Sep. 06, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on a recent GAO report which stated that the Department of Homeland Security failed to meet 78 of 171 objectives
  USA Today (Sep. 06, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on a Turban search at BWI airport angering Maryland Sikhs which resulted from the TSA authorization of headgear screening is really directed at searching people of Middle Eastern or Asian backgrounds
  Baltimore Sun (Sep. 05, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses Attorney General Roberto Gonzalez's problems being brought on by himself and not the Democrats
  Amsterdam News (Aug. 30, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the importance of Attorney General Roberto Gonzalez's resignation for the morale of the Department of Justice
  FOX 45 News (Aug. 29, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the probable surprise of President Bush over Attorney General Roberto Gonzalez's recent resignation
  Ch. 9 News (Aug. 29, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the controversies surrounding Attorney General Roberto Gonzalez and his recent resignation
  Washington Post Radio (Aug. 27, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the recent resignation of Attorney General Roberto Gonzalez
  PBS ýThe Newshour with Jim Lehrer,ý PBS, 6 p.m. ý Aug. 27 (broadcast on 348 public television stations nationwide (Aug. 27, 2007)
  
  
• Three members of CHHS discussed COOP during Live Response, a 60-minute television broadcast about terrorism awareness, prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery
  St. Petersburg College (Aug. 22, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the Al-Qaida emphasis given by prosecutors at the Padilla trial
  Wall Street Journal (Aug. 17, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the Padilla trial, saying it shows terrorism suspects detained at Guantanamo can be tried in civilian courts
  Yahoo News (Aug. 17, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the legal saga surrounding Jose Padilla
  ABC News (Aug. 17, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the conviction of Jose Padilla proving the for now the US can prosecute terrorism while still providing Constitutional protections
  New York Times (Aug. 17, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the Jose Padilla case and how the Ashcroft announcement was the creation of the enemy combatant theory and the first time a U.S. citizen was deemed an enemy combatant
  ABC News (Aug. 16, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the White House refusal to share its secret "post disaster plans" and the need to check the executive branch to ensure the planning is done in a careful and realistic way
  Newsday (Aug. 06, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the Bush administration's fight over executive priviledge in particular, regarding the handling of the U.S. Attorney's Office and the attorney general
  WYPR (Aug. 06, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses Alaska Senator Ted Steven's bribery charges
  Ch. 9 News (Aug. 01, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the usefulness of cameras in showing motorists have committed traffic violations
  WBALT TV 11 (Aug. 01, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses presidential candidate Barack Obama's plan to focus troops on terrorist training facilities in Afghanistan and Pakistan as commendable and needed, but that Obama is slower in reform of the Department of Homeland Security, only calling for a quadrennial review
  Bloomberg News (Aug. 01, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the failure of Congress to debate the military tribunals in Guantanamo, thus leaving President Bush free to romp over the rights of anyone suspected of being a terrorist
  Time (Jul. 31, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the case of terrorist suspect Mohamad Kamal Elzahabi raising some concerns over the length of time he was held and because the allegations are mostly dependent on voluntary conversations he held with the FBI
  Winona Daily News (Jul. 27, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the recent homemade devices referred to in the TSA report leading to no other conclusion than terrorist dry runs
  Newsday.com (Jul. 26, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS associate director discusses her concern over the recent TSA report on possible terrorist testing of airport security being kept from the public
  Ch. 45 News (Jul. 25, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS associate director comments on possible terrorist testing of airport security and the TSA failure to notify the public
  Ch. 9 News (Jul. 25, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS associate director comments on dry runs prior to terrorist attacks and that the recent airport security alert involving blocks of cheese taped to cellphones (and other similar devices) in multiple airports appears to be a possible terrorist test of airport security
  Ch. 2 News (Jul. 25, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS associate director discusses her concern over the possible strategic placing of devices testing airport security in the north, south, east, and west
  Ch. 13 News (Jul. 25, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on recent federal homeland security funding for Maryland and Baltimore
  The Baltimore Sun (Jul. 19, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses Al-Qaeda use of a haven along the Afghan-Pakistan border to reconstitute itself
  WUSA-TV, Ch. 9 (Jul. 18, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's recent remarks, the administration's overt lack of preparedness, and the ineffectiveness of the color-coded warning system
  NPR (Jul. 12, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the war in Iraq's use by Al-Qaeda
  FOX 5 News (Jul. 12, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the Iraq War and the risk of an Al Qaeda attack on the U.S.
  FOX 5 News (Jul. 12, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the recently foiled bomb plots and streses the need for Americans to remain vigilant
  WYPR (Jul. 06, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the Iraq insurgency's use of homemade equipment for terrorist attacks and the inability of intelligence agencies to profile terrorists
  Ch. 9 News (Jul. 04, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the recent London bombings and the role of public awareness in preventing terrorist attacks
  WTWP-FM (Jul. 02, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses Vice President Cheney's non-compliance with an executive order regulating the handling of classified materials
  WUSA-TV, Ch. 9 (Jun. 27, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS senior law and policy analyst and Continuity of Operations Planning program manager discusses training of emergency planners and the development of Continuity of Operations Plans
  KYKZ-FM (Jun. 14, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the Bush doctrine that his executive authority supersedes traditional legal protections, saying it will evaporate when Bush leaves office
  The Wall Street Journal (Jun. 13, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on the overstated characterization by a U.S. Attorney of the JFK airport plot
  MSNBC (Jun. 12, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision stating President Bush's uni-lateral attempt to wage the War on Terror goes beyond his constitutional powers
  ABC News CHHS director discusses 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving President Bush's unilateral imprisonment of U.S. citizens (Jun. 12, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses Baltimore's evacuation plan
  Fox 45 News (Jun. 12, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on exaggerations by Justice Department attorneys pertaining to JFK airport plot
  The Nation News (Barbados) (Jun. 10, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the dismissal of charges against a Canadian Muslim held in Guantanamo for five years
  Baltimore Sun (Jun. 05, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on thwarted JFK terror plot
  CNN (Jun. 04, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the federally mandated isolation of an Atlanta man infected with a rare strain of tuberculosis
  Fox 45 (May. 30, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the use of federal power to isolate a man with tuberculosis
  Channel 9 (May. 30, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director talks about the impact of an Atlanta man's decision to travel while knowingly infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis
  WTOP Radio (May. 30, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses Gonzales' role in the March 2004 effort to get Attorney General Ashcroft's signature from his hospital bed authorizing illegal wiretapping
  Channel 9 (May. 16, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the progression of the Padilla case
  Sun-Sentinel (May. 13, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the 60% cut in federal funding for the port of Baltimore
  Baltimore Sun (May. 10, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the recent arrests in New Jersey of alleged terrorists
  Newsday (May. 09, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director talks about the arrests of six alleged terrorists plotting to attack Fort Dix
  WTOP Radio (May. 08, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on reports that top Al Qaida leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri has been killed
  Channel 9 (May. 02, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the investigation of Karl Rove by the Office of Special Counsel
  Channel 9 (Apr. 25, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the House Judiciary Committee's decision to grant Monica Goodling immunity
  WTOP Radio (Apr. 25, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the auctioning of drawings created by sniper Lee Boyd Malvo
  Baltimore Sun (Apr. 21, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Associate Director discusses the seizure of 300 pounds of cocaine at a port in Baltimore
  WJZ Channel 13 (Apr. 20, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the upcoming terror trial of Jose Padilla
  ABC News (Apr. 16, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the new Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response position filled by Craig Vanderwagen, M.D.
  Winston-Salem Journal (Apr. 15, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the use of National Security Letters by the FBI to track suspected terrorists
  Christian Science Monitor (Apr. 03, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the testimony of Kyle Sampson concerning the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys
  The NewsHour (Mar. 29, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on Emergent's attempt to update its Anthrax vaccine to accomodate the government
  Washington Post (Mar. 26, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the prosecutor firings and Congress' push to subpoena White House officials
  Channel 9 (Mar. 21, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on a new study saying large U.S. cities like Baltimore are unprepared for a nuclear attack
  Channel 13 (Mar. 21, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the failings of Project BioShield
  U.S. News & World Report (Mar. 18, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses Attorney General Gonzales' dismissal of federal prosecutors
  Channel 9 (Mar. 14, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director appears on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and discusses whether Attorney General Gonzales should be fired
  PBS (Mar. 14, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's confessed involvement in the 9/11 and other terrorist attacks
  Channel 4 (Mar. 14, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the FBI's misuse of PATRIOT Act powers
  WTOP Radio (Mar. 11, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the Libby verdict
  Channel 9 (Mar. 07, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the Libby verdict
  Channel 4 (Mar. 07, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the impact of the Libby verdict on the White House
  Channel 9 (Mar. 07, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Conference Probes Local Disaster Preparedness
  The Gazette (Feb. 28, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the Scooter Libby trial and the recent D.C. Circuit detainee ruling
  Channel 9 (Feb. 21, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on a snag in the U.S.-Dubai port deal
  Newsday (Feb. 16, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the factors leading to Ronell Wilson's death sentence
  New York Times (Feb. 01, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the memorandum of understanding signed by 11 area hospitals
  ABC News (Jan. 24, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses passage of the 9/11 implementation bill
  Channel 9 News (Jan. 11, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on Democrats' proposed 9/11 reforms
  CNN (Jan. 09, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on House Democrats' effort to implement 9/11 Commission reforms
  Washington Post (Jan. 09, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the president's strategy for Iraq
  WUSA Channel 9 (Jan. 03, 2007)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the anthrax vaccine and the Maryland Court of Appeals ruling halting the death penalty
  WUSA Channel 9 (Dec. 20, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on a federal judge's lobbying for more jail space
  Washington Post (Dec. 05, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the government's settlement with Brandon Mayfield after his mistaken arrest for the 2004 Madrid train bombings
  ABC News (Nov. 29, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the Democrats' ability to implement 9/11 commission recommendations
  Washington Post (Nov. 11, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the CDC's decision to keep its Katrina after-action report secret
  Atlanta Journal Constitution (Nov. 06, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on alleged torture and its affect on the military trials of high-level terror suspects
  Seattle Post Intelligencer (Nov. 02, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the failure of airlines to screen cargo packages, as exposed by a CBS news investigation
  Channel 9 (Oct. 25, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on Senator Lieberman's Ties to the Pharmaceutical Industry
  The Connecticut Post (Oct. 17, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the call for an independent investigation into the page scandal
  Channel 9 (Oct. 11, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses recently declassified portions of the Iraq intelligence report
  Channel 9 News (Sep. 27, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the decision to once again allow liquids beyond airport security checkpoints
  Bloomberg News (Sep. 25, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses TSA's fund-shifting to improve airport X-ray technology
  Washington Post (Sep. 22, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on problems with the Padilla case that will make convincing a jury to convict him difficult
  Belleville News Democrat (Sep. 22, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on a new public health bill that includes provisions for the creation of the Biomedical and Advanced Research Development Authority
  Winston-Salem Journal (Sep. 20, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on problems with the implementation of Project BioShield
  The Osgood Files (Sep. 19, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the failures of Project BioShield
  New York Times (Sep. 18, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses aviation security and the need for improved screening and detection
  Federal News Radio (Sep. 13, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses Maryland's level of emergency preparedness
  The Baltimore Sun (Sep. 11, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on proposed legislation regarding military tribunals
  U.S News & World Report (Sep. 10, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the dramatic growth in the homeland security sector post 9/11
  The Baltimore Sun (Sep. 10, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on Bush's new plan to deal with Guantanamo Bay detainees
  The News Journal (Sep. 07, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses gaps in information-sharing between the federal government and local law enforcement
  Bloomberg News (Sep. 07, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS co-sponsors the 6th annual 9/11 Teach-In, where Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, lawyer for Salim Hamdan, spoke to students and faculty
  WBAL Channel 11 (Sep. 06, 2006)
  
  
• Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift visits the law school and discusses the application of the Geneva Convention to Guantanamo Bay detainees
  WJZ Channel 13 (Sep. 06, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses problems with the development of countermeasures to bioterrorism
  Bloomberg News (Sep. 05, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on U.S. vulnerability five years after 9/11
  Knight-Ridder (Sep. 03, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on FEMA's weaknesses a year after Katrina
  Newsday (Aug. 29, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on airport programs screening passengers based on body language
  Fox 45 (Aug. 18, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses teens charged with terrorism offenses for non-terror crimes
  Wash. Post (Aug. 13, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses increased baggage checks at airports
  LA Times (Aug. 12, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the thwarted terror plot to explode commercial airliners
  WBAL Ch. 11 (Aug. 10, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses whether Al Qaida was behind the recent plot to set off bombs on overseas commercial flights
  NBC Ch. 4 (Aug. 10, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses British terror plot
  NBC Ch. 4 (Aug. 10, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses lapses in border security measures
  W-USA Ch. 9, (Aug. 02, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses how the Bush administration relented Tuesday nearly five years after it began holding foreign prisoners at Guantanamo Bay
  W-USA, Ch. 9 (Jul. 12, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the government's terror watch list
  WBFF, Ch. 45 (Jul. 12, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the alleged plot to bomb rail transit tunnels in Manhattan
  WTOP Radio 1500 (Jul. 10, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the recent alleged terror plots on New York City
  Newsday (Jul. 09, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the President's condemnation of the New York Times story detailing the secret program used to track financial data in search of terrorist suspects
  W-USA Ch. 9 (Jun. 28, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the lack of funding devoted to protecting cities from terrorist attacks, in the context of the recent arrests in the plot to blow up Sears Tower
  W-USA, Ch. 9 (Jun. 23, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses how the Department of Homeland Security has slashed anti-terrorism funding for Washington and New York City
  W-USA, Ch. 9 (Jun. 21, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the issue of academics and researchers who fail to disclose ties to for-profit companies in the security sector
  New York Times (Jun. 19, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses fraudulent FEMA payments and the decision not to charge Karl Rove in the CIA leak case
  W-USA Channel 9 (Jun. 14, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses what led to the slash in anti-terror funds to the D.C. region
  WTOP-FM (Jun. 10, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on pending Supreme Court hearing of race-based primary school assignments
  Baltimore Sun (Jun. 06, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses teenagers who plot violence being charged as terrorists
  USA Today (Jun. 05, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on differing views of homeland security which led to cut in anti-terror funding for cities
  Newsday (Jun. 04, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the slash in funding to New York and Washington D.C.,
  Washington Post (Jun. 01, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the raid of Congressman Jefferson's office and its Constitutional implications
  W-USA, Ch. 9 (May. 31, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the murder trial of convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad
  WBAL, Ch. 11 (May. 30, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the testimony of Lee Malvo, the young Jamaican prosecuted as John Muhammad's accomplice in a deadly sniper rampage in 2002,
  W-USA, Ch. 9 (May. 24, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on confirmation hearings of Gen. Michael Hayden and the NSA's telephone call database
  WYPR (May. 18, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the release of video footage of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon,
  Washington Post (May. 17, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on convicted sniper John Muhammad's trial strategy in his Maryland criminal trial
  Baltimore Sun (May. 14, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director speaks at the CHHS co-sponsored Howard County Pandemic Flu Summit, geared toward preparing leaders for a widespread medical disaster
  Baltimore Sun (May. 14, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on news of the NSA's tracking of domestic phone records,
  ABC 2 News (May. 13, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the legality of the NSA call database
  BBC News (May. 12, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the NSA's phone call collection program
  USA Today (May. 11, 2006)
  
  
• CHHS Associate Director discusses the airport security program designed to streamline security checks for frequent flyers
  Fox 45 (May. 08, 2006)
  
  

• There has been a dramatic increase in the number of names on the federal governmentýs terror watch list, and a congressional hearing took place today to look at whatýs behind the increase. ýThe list is up to 800,000 people right now, and people are predicting it soon will become a million. (Oct. 25, 2007)
• CHHS Director discusses Democrats' call to implement all of the 9/11 recommendations (Nov. 15, 2006)
• CHHS Director comments on New York City's counterterrorism measures (Sep. 11, 2006)
• CHHS Director discusses the CIA secret prisons (Sep. 08, 2006)
• CHHS Director comments on the problem of countering on-line sharing of information among terrorists (Aug. 22, 2006)
• CHHS Director discusses efforts to curb online information sharing between terrorists (Aug. 21, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on new security measure to screen workers at U.S. ports, WJZ, Ch. 13 (Apr. 26, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on federal officials' use of faulty data in denying anti-terror funds to Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review-Journal (Apr. 19, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on the vulnerability of NJ nuclear plants to terrorist attack, Christian Science Monitor (Apr. 19, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on the Constitutionality of military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, The Village Voice (Apr. 16, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses the arrest of a DHS employee for alleged improper dealings with a minor on the Internet, W-USA, Ch. 9 (Apr. 12, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on Federal officials' urging of local and state authorities to prepare disaster response plans, Toledo Blade (Apr. 4, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses the reasons behind the Supreme Court's refusal to hear the case of Jose Padilla, WAMU-FM, National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" (Apr. 3, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on the recent security holes highlighted by government tests which successfully smuggled illicit materials across U.S. borders, Christian Science Monitor (Mar. 30, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses how prosecutors might now have received a boost after testimony from Zacharias Moussaoui in his sentencing trial, W-USA, Ch. 9 (Mar. 29, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses the testimony of Al-Qaeda conspirator Zacharias Moussaoui, who took the stand in his own defense, ABC World News Tonight (Mar. 29, 2006) 

 CHHS Director comments on the Moussaoui case and the government's chances of prevailing, USA Today (Mar. 26, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses the Moussaoui case and the ruling banning several key prosecution witnesses, National Public Radio (Mar. 16, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses the implications of the ruling prohibiting testimony of certain prosecution witnesses in the Moussaoui trial, W-USA, Ch. 9 (Mar. 15, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on the prosecution's mishandling of the Moussaoui case, The Washington Post (Mar. 15, 2006)

CHHS Director discusses the ongoing controversy over the security of American ports and the fraud trial of former Enron leaders Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay, W-USA, Ch. 9 (Mar. 8, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on the disproportionate amount of funding used to prepare for a bioterrorist attack, versus money spent on core public health infrastructure, Congressional Homeland Security (Mar. 7, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on use, in U.S. courts, of confessions obtained in foreign prisons, New York Times (Mar. 5, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses Supreme Court hearing of Texas voter redistricting plan, W-USA, Ch. 9 (Mar. 1, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on lawsuit to shut down electronic surveillance by NSA, The Corvallis Gazette-Times (Mar. 1, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses state of New Jersey plans to block sale of ports to Arab companies, Philadelphia Enquirer (Feb. 23, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses the controversy surrounding an Arab company running the operations at several major American ports, including the Port of Baltimore, W-USA, Ch. 9 (Feb. 22, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses political reaction to domestic wiretapping program, W-USA, Ch. 9 (Feb. 8, 2006)

 CHHS Director comments on increased use of videotaping police suspects, Baltimore Sun (Feb. 20, 2006)

 CHHS Director discusses the Congressional report that states the U.S. is unprepared for a natural catastrophe or terrorist attack, BBC News (Feb. 14, 2006)

 CHHS director speaks about a report to be issued criticizing the Bush's administration's Katrina response efforts, WTOP AM 1500 (Feb. 13, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on the way homeland security funds will be apportioned through the Urban Area Security Initiative, New York Times (Feb. 11, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on the ongoing Moussaoui terror trial, ABC News (Feb. 7, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on increased budget for border security, The Arizona Republic (Feb. 7, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on new disaster preparedness guidelines for children by DHS, NPR (Feb. 2, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on White House campaign in support of domestic wiretapping, W-USA, Ch. 9 (Jan. 25, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on recently surfaced audiotape allegedly containing communication from Osama bin-Laden, WJZ Channel 13 (Jan. 19, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on Lawrence Franklin sentencing, Washington Post (Jan. 21, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on recent Supreme Court decision on Oregon's assisted suicide law, W-USA Channel 9 (Jan. 18, 2006)

 CHHS director comments ong the recent program at the University of Maryland School of Law on the Avian Flu pandemic, ABC Channel 2 (Jan. 11, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on FBI's handling of the Madrid bombing investigation and the Brandon Mayfield case, East Oregonian (Jan. 10, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on wrongful arrest of Portland man due to sloppy investigative work, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Jan. 9, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on need for due diligence in disbursing homeland security grants, ABC News (Jan. 5, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on Bush's renewed battle to reauthorize Patriot Act, USA Today (Jan. 3, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on Maryland hospital avian flu preparedness, MSNBC (Jan. 1, 2006)

 CHHS director comments on possible support of executive power by recent Supreme Court nominees, Los Angeles Times (Dec. 23, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on effects of Bush's authorization of eavesdropping, Bloomberg (Dec. 29, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on the regulation of chemical plant security, Sarasota Herald Tribune (Dec.