CHHS in the News

• CHHS director testifies at a hearing on BSL lab security before U.S. Senate Subcommittee
  Global Security Newswire (Sep. 25, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director weighs in on the arrest of Najibullah Zazi
  WUSA TV (Washington, D.C.) (Sep. 23, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS hosts H1N1 flu symposium
  The Daily Record (Baltimore) (Sep. 17, 2009)
  
  
• Eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks: are we safer?
  WTOP Radio, 103.5 FM (Washington, D.C.) (Sep. 11, 2009)
  
  
• Assessing the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
  Medill Reports: Washington (Aug. 28, 2009)
  
  
• Assessing the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security - Part 2
  Medill Reports: Washington (Aug. 28, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director talks CIA interrogations investigation, passing of Sen. Kennedy
  WUSA TV (Washington, D.C.) (Aug. 26, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses speculation in the natural gas market
  "Clean Skies Sunday," WJLA (Washington, D.C.) (Aug. 23, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses Prince George's County furloughs ruling and Citizens United v. FEC
  WUSA TV, Washington, D.C. (Aug. 19, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses President Obama's speech on the war in Afghanistan
  "Up All Night," BBC radio (Aug. 18, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on FTC's rule to fight oil price manipulation
  Reuters (Aug. 06, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the indictment of Daniel Patrick Boyd
  WUSA TV (Washington, D.C.) (Jul. 29, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the differing views on how to regulate the carbon trading market
  The New York Times online (Jul. 24, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS staff attorney discusses CHHS' role in Maryland Civic Guard
  The Baltimore Sun (Jul. 16, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the confirmation hearings of Judge Sotomayor
  WUSA TV (Washington, D.C.) (Jul. 15, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director talks about the review of the color-coded terror alert level system
  WTOP, 103.5 FM (Washington, D.C.) (Jul. 14, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS associate directors to give COOP presentation in West Virginia
  Volunteer West Virginia Blog (Jul. 06, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the reponse to the D.C. Metro crash
  WTOP, 103.5 FM (Washington, D.C.) (Jun. 24, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director explains the effect new financial regulations could have on over-the-counter commodities derivatives trading
  Reuters (Jun. 17, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the fatal shooting at the Holocaust Museum
  WTTG TV (Baltimore) (Jun. 11, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director explains why the price of oil is trending higher
  "The Disciplined Investor" podcast (Jun. 08, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director explains the dangers of an unregulated carbon derivatives market
  Mother Jones (Jun. 08, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor
  WUSA TV, Washington, D.C. (May. 27, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the need for more anti-terror funding
  Foxnews.com (May. 21, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses President Obama's interrogation and detention policies
  The Marc Steiner Show, WEAA 88.9 FM (May. 19, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses lessons learned from government's response to H1N1
  WBFF TV, Baltimore (May. 08, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy
  WUSA TV, Washington, D.C. (May. 06, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses U.S. Supreme Court vacancy
  WTTG TV, Washington, D.C. (May. 05, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director weighs in on President Obama's pending choice to replace Justice Souter
  MyFoxDC.com (May. 05, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS staff attorney discusses swine flu response at all levels of government
  WTTG TV, Washington, D.C. (Apr. 29, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS staff attorney discusses the U.S. response to the swine flu outbreak
  WBFF TV, Baltimore (Apr. 28, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the potential economic impact of swine flu
  "The World," NPR (Apr. 28, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the government's response to Swine Flu
  WTOP Radio, 103.5 FM, Washington, D.C. (Apr. 27, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS staff attorney discusses the international response to the swine flu outbreak
  WBFF TV, Baltimore (Apr. 27, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director comments on how the government is handling communications related to the swine flu outbreak
  NextGov.com (Apr. 27, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses U.S. Supreme Court Case Stafford School District v. Redding
  WUSA TV, Washington, D.C. (Apr. 22, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses U.S. response options to pirate attacks
  WBAL TV, Baltimore (Apr. 15, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the Ted Stevens case and the federal government's plan to crack down on mortgage relief fraud
  WUSA TV, Washington, D.C. (Apr. 08, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the possibility of an investigation into mistreatment of prisoners at CIA prisons
  "Second Opinion," The Baltimore Sun (Apr. 07, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses tracking homeland security grant spending at the state and local level
  Wisconsin State Journal (Mar. 09, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses President Obama's Justice Department nominees
  Associated Press (Feb. 05, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the Bush administration's admission to using torture at Gitmo
  WUSA TV, Washington, D.C. (Jan. 14, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director explains why excessive speculation in the oil market fueled last year's swing in gas prices
  60 Minutes, CBS News (Jan. 11, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director explains how the economic crisis has affected first responders
  WBFF TV, Baltimore (Jan. 07, 2009)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses Posse Comitatus and the state of U.S. disaster preparedness
  WILL (NPR), Illinois (Dec. 22, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses the proposed closure of Guantanamo Bay
  National Journal (Dec. 20, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director explains why nuclear minireactors could be a target for terrorists
  Foxnews.com (Dec. 10, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS staff attorney discusses "World at Risk" report and threat of possible terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction
  WBFF TV, Baltimore (Dec. 03, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses "World at Risk" report and what it means for the new administration
  WTOP Radio, 103.5 FM, Washington, D.C. (Dec. 03, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses Mumbai terrorist attack
  WMAL Radio, 630 AM, Washington, D.C. (Dec. 03, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses President-elect Obama's nominee for attorney general
  "To The Point," NPR (Dec. 01, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director speaks at an economic summit hosted by President Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic
  Caribbean Net News (Nov. 25, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director speaks at an economic summit hosted by President Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic
  Listin Diario (Nov. 23, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses President-elect Obama's top choice to head DHS
  WNYC (Nov. 21, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses what could be the objectives of a new director of DHS
  BBC Radio, PRI, WGBH (Nov. 20, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses President-elect Obama's pick for attorney general
  WUSA TV, Washington, D.C. (Nov. 19, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director explains the link between the credit crisis and energy speculation.
  Reuters (Oct. 30, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses 'The Response,' a film about military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay
  Baltimore Sun (October 22, 2008) (Oct. 23, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS hosts forum to discuss the investigation of the anthrax attacks.
  Frederick News-Post (Sep. 11, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS hosts forum to discuss the investigation of the anthrax attacks.
  WJZ-TV, Ch. 13 (Baltimore) (Sep. 10, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS hosts forum to discuss the investigation of the anthrax attacks.
  BaltimoreExaminer.com (Sep. 10, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses Maryland's preparedness for a natural disaster.
  Fox45 News (Sep. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on sheltering problems in Hurricane Gustav evacuation zones.
  WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C. (Sep. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS staffer Adrian Wilairat distributes material on behalf of the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency at the kickoff event for National Preparedness Month.
  WTTG-TV, Washington, D.C. (Sep. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses government response to Hurricane Gustav
  News Hour with Jim Lehrer (Sep. 02, 2008)
  
  
• The CHHS Associate Director of Policy and Training explains the impact that reduced federal homeland security funds could have on the state of Maryland.
  The Baltimore Sun (Jul. 26, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that high oil prices are the result of excessive speculation and not simply supply/demand principles.
  SeekingAlpha.com (Jul. 02, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that unregulated credit default swaps "have been at the heart of the subprime meltdown."
  Philadelphia Daily News (Jul. 01, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee concerning Oil Price Speculation.
  C-SPAN (Jun. 23, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses various options for ending the speculative bubble in oil prices.
  WYPR-FM (Jun. 16, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that the Enron Loophole led to the development of "dark markets" where commodity speculators engage in uninhibited trading, devoid of federal regulation.
  SeekingAlpha.com (Jun. 13, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments that "It is the foremost obligation [of the CFTC] to prevent speculators from dominating [oil] markets."
  The Guardian (Jun. 12, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that U.S. courts will be able to handle challenges from Guantanamo Bay detainees.
  ABC News (Jun. 12, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that the problems facing the commodities markets is lack of regulation; speculation should be permitted if sufficient oversight mechanisms are put in place.
  CNBC News (Jun. 12, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that one major cause of record high oil prices is inaction on the part of U.S. officials when it comes to regulation of futures markets.
  WAMU-FM (Jun. 10, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments that speculators are the driving force behind high energy and food prices.
  NBC Nightly News (Jun. 10, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that "the CFTC has been deregulating itself out of existence."
  Business Week (Jun. 09, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that President Bush could compel the CFTC to investigate and regulate the energy commodities markets, but chooses not to do so.
  McClatchy Newspapers (Jun. 09, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains actions that the CFTC could take to reduce market manipulation.
  The Washington Post (Jun. 06, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses some of the leadership problems at the CFTC
  Cattlenetwork.com (Jun. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that tighter regulation on oil speculators could lead to dramatic and immediate price reductions at the pump.
  The Austin American-Statesman (Jun. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that speculators are still playing the market and driving prices ever higher.
  The Bellingham Herald.com (Jun. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that speculators are continuing to drive up oil prices.
  The Seattle Times (Jun. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains why current and proposed legislation are not sufficient to end excessive speculation in oil markets.
  SeekingAlpha.com (Jun. 04, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation regarding Energy Market Manipulation.
  C-SPAN (Jun. 03, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that the CFTC has "abdicated authority" to foreign regulators.
  TheHill.com (Jun. 03, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains how speculation is raising oil prices.
  Pensions and Investments Online (Jun. 03, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the problems involved with the CFTC's failure to regulate trading on the WTI crude oil contract.
  Land Line Magazine (Jun. 03, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director discusses surging fuel prices.
  African Energy News Review (Jun. 01, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the recent surge in oil prices and said, "The traders now know that someone is looking over their shoulder. There will be a lot of administrative and criminal litigation before the sun sets on this."
  Bloomberg.com (May. 31, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the recent oil trading probe.
  CNN.com (May. 31, 2008)
  
  
• The Associate Director of Policy and Training discusses the discrepancies in emergency preparedness among various jurisdictions across the country.
  The Daily Record (May. 30, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that there is a definite connection between the fall in oil prices and the CFTC's announcement concerning its investigation into market manipulation.
  CNN (May. 30, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains the role that excessive speculation plays in establishing oil prices.
  CNN.com (May. 30, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS director explains that it is likely that some investment banks participated in market manipulation.
  Bloomberg.com (May. 30, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that unregulated swaps are at "the heart of the subprime meltdown."
  MotherJones.com (May. 29, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses deficiencies in port security.
  WJZ-TV (May. 28, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the recent Supreme Court case allowing employees to sue if they experience retaliation after claiming discrimination in the workplace.
  WUSA-TV (May. 28, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses how excessive speculation has contributed to skyrocketing oil prices.
  C-SPAN (May. 27, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains how the U.S. economy has suffered because too much power has been left in the hands of financial speculators.
  Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (May. 23, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the FBI report that the Pentagon and CIA had engaged in unacceptable interrogation techniques.
  WUSA-TV (May. 21, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that increased regulation is needed in commodities markets to lower prices.
  The L.A. Times (May. 21, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that the Federal Reserve is fully aware of the risk banks and the global economy face if CDS holders cannot cover their losses.
  Bloomberg.com (May. 20, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that soaring energy prices are largely attributable to the deregulation of those markets by the Commodities Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
  Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (May. 19, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director explains that the decision to stop putting oil into the emergency stockpile may provide some short-term relief at the pump.
  Reuters (May. 16, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments that the "whole impetus of the farm bill amendment affecting energy futures trading is premised on a thesis that we are paying much more for our energy products than supply and demand would dictate."
  PBS Nightly Business Report (text) (May. 14, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the decision to give psychiatric drugs to immigrants against their will, during the deportation process.
  The Washington Post (May. 14, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments on the discovery that the U.S. government gave psychiatric drugs to immigrants during the deportation process, without medical reason.
  WUSA-TV (May. 14, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director comments that the "whole impetus of the farm bill amendment affecting energy futures trading is premised on a thesis that we are paying much more for our energy products than supply and demand would dictate."
  PBS Nightly Business Report (video) (May. 14, 2008)
  
  
• CHHS Director discusses the the dismissal of a general from the military tribunal trial of suspected militants held at Guantanamo Bay.
  ABC Nightly News (May. 10, 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 joins expert panel and discusses legal issues surrounding "natural and manmade epidemics"
  Stanford News Service (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)
  
  

• 'The Response' comes home to UMd Law (Oct. 20, 2008)
• 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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. 28, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on temporary Patriot Act extension, Los Angeles Times (Dec. 22, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on recent resignation of judge who sat on court that handles requests for secret government surveillance, W-USA, Channel 9, (Dec. 21, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on new mass transit security measures, WUSA Channel 9 (Dec. 14, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on surveillance of mass transit facilities, WBAL-TV, Channel 11, (Dec. 14, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on vulnerability of chemical and petrochemical plants, ABC News (Dec. 13, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses acquittal of Florida professor on terror charges, WUSA Channel 9, (Dec. 7, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on criticism of Maryland's health emergency preparedness, WJKZ Channel 13, (Dec. 6, 2005)

 CHHS director speaks about recent report criticizing government security preparations, WTTG Fox 5, (Dec. 5, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on shooting of passenger by federal air marshals, Seattle Times (Dec. 9, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on German man's lawsuit against CIA, NY Times (Dec. 7, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on Florida professor terror trial, Wall Street Journal (Dec. 7, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on Bush's Iraq speech, W-USA, Channel 9 (Nov. 30, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on gaps in air cargo security screening, Bloomberg (Nov. 30, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on Saudi student visa requirements, (video) Christian Broadcasting Network (Nov. 29, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on security requirements for student visas, Christian Broadcasting Network (Nov. 29, 2005)

 CHHS director responds to new GAO report citing security
weakness of airline cargo holds, W-USA, Channel 9 (Nov. 16, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses the sonic weaponry used by a cruise
ship to fend off a pirate attack, WBAL-TV, Channel 11 (Nov. 8, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on international reaction to the Bush
administration's war on terror, ABC World News Tonight (Nov. 7, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on Supreme Court decision to hear case
on use of military tribunals for terror trials, Bloomberg.com (Nov. 7, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on burdens
facing the U.S. Coast Guard, Bloomberg News, (Oct. 12, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses Judith Miller's incarceration
for refusing to reveal her sources, NPR (Oct. 11, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on Harriet Miers'
nomination to Supreme Court, WBAL-TV, Ch. 11 (Oct. 3, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses on ex-FEMA chief
Michael Brown and FEMA, W-USA, Ch. 9 (Sept. 28, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on Israeli
espionage case, The Washington Post (Oct. 6, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on the nomination of Julie Myers
to head the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
Time Magazine (Oct. 3, 2005 issue)

 CHHS director comments on the National Response Plan
 and shifting relief responsibilities to the Pentagon,
Washington Post (Sept. 25, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses Maryland's disaster readiness, 
Maryland Public Television, (Sept. 22, 2005) 

 CHHS director discusses the qualifications of the
nominee selected to head the Bureau of Immigration
and Customs Enforcement, CNN (Sept. 20, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on new U.S.
Immigration and Customs head, Washington Post (Sept. 20, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on failure of officials to use
military resources in Katrina aftermath,
The Seattle Times (Sept. 17, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses DHS Secretary
Chertoff's role in Katrina response, 
W-USA, Channel 9 (Sept. 14, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on federal standards
for evacuation plans, New York Times (Sept. 11, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on ineffectiveness
 of federal response to Katrina, Globe and Mail (Sept. 7, 2005) 

 CHHS director discusses FEMA and DHS
Response to Katrina, W-USA, Channel 9 (Sept. 8, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on FEMA Chief,
New York Times (Sept. 2, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on FEMA Response To New Orleans Crisis, 
Bloomberg.com (Sept. 2, 2005)

  CHHS director discusses new government advisory
and recent attacks in Middle East,
W-USA TV Channel 9 (Aug. 24, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on WMD-related medications,
WorldNetDaily (Aug. 26, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on bioterror readiness,
Newsday (Aug. 26, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on the progress of Project Bioshield,
Investor's Business Daily, (Aug. 22, 2005).

   CHHS director discusses the possibility of terrorist
cells remaining in the U.S.,  Christian Science Monitor
(Aug. 10, 2005)    

 CHHS director comments on the indictment of
Mohammed Haider for immigration fraud,
FOX Channel 45 (Aug. 9, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses the indictment of
Mahmud Baruq Brent, FOX Channel 45 (Aug. 5, 2005)

 CHHS associate director comments on the Maryland 
terrorism arrest of Mahmud Baruq Brent, WJZ Channel 13 (Aug. 5, 2005)    

 CHHS director discusses detainee abuse and Abu
Ghraib, WUSA-TV Channel 9 (Aug. 3, 2005)

 CHHS director criticizes the lack of adequate security
measures on public transit, in particular the lack of closed
circuit surveillance on MTA, Christian Science Monitor
(July 25, 2005)        

 CHHS director comments on the reporting of foreign
student information as being helpful in preventing
students from disappearing and in reducing the terrorist
threat, FOX Channel 45 (July 18, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses Michael Chertoff’s
reorganization of DHS, U.S. News & World Report
(July 18, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on Michael Chertoff's
reorganization of DHS, Christian Science Monitor
(July 15, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses the speed of the
London bombing investigation and the necessity to
determine whether the attacks are part of a coordinated
effort to interfere with United States allies, WUSA-TV Channel 9
(July 13, 2005)                  

 CHHS director testifies before a House subcommittee
regarding BioShield, San Diego Union - Tribune            (July 13, 2005)                   

 CHHS director discusses the United States
border vulnerabilities and the need for more money
and manpower to be invested in protecting our borders,
WUSA-TV Channel 9      (June 22, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on the Maryland
sniper trial, WBAL-TV Channel 11 (May 11, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on the reality of a
terrorist nuclear threat, WUSA-TV Channel 9 (May 4, 2005)

 CHHS director dicusses homeland security
funding and education, Washington Post (April 30, 2005)

 CHHS law fellow discusses the near capture of
al Zarqawi, FOX Channel 45 (Apr. 21, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on the 9/11
Commission recommendations, WUSA-TV Channel 9
(Apr. 27, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses the Moussoaui guilty plea
and possibility of death penalty, ABC Channel 2
(Apr. 22, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on Moussaoui's plan
to plead guilty, Washington Post (April 19, 2005)

 CHHS discusses the Roper v. Simmons juvenile
death penalty decision, WUSA Channel 9 (Mar. 5, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on challenges facing the
Department of Homeland Security, particularly border
security, Arkansas News Bureau (Feb. 27, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on the Abu
Ali prosecution, Washington Post (Feb. 24, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on the leak of CIA
information, WUSA-TV Channel 9 (Feb. 16, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on interrogation
brutality trial New York Times, NY Times (Feb. 11, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on President Bush's
nomination of Michael Chertoff as Secretary of Homeland
Security and Judge Chertoff's qualifications for that position
WUSA-TV Channel 9 (Jan. 12, 2005)

CHHS director comments on Bush's choice of Michael
Chertoff to lead the Department of Homeland Security
Los Angeles Times (Jan. 12, 2005)

 CHHS director discusses Michael Chertoff's challenges
in leading the Department of Homeland Security NBC News
(Jan. 11, 2005)

 CHHS director comments on Bush's nomination
of Michael Chertoff as Secretary of Homeland Security,
National Public Radio (Jan. 11, 2005)

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