Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff · Philosophy & Social Sciences
US Secretary of Homeland Security 2005-2009; federal appeals judge and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act
28 November 1953, Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
United States
Michael Chertoff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — US Secretary of Homeland Security 2005-2009; federal appeals judge and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act
Michael Chertoff is the son of a rabbi and attended the Jewish Educational Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. A federal prosecutor who led the Justice Department's criminal division after the September 11 attacks and co-wrote the USA PATRIOT Act, he sat as a federal appeals judge before serving as the second Secretary of Homeland Security, where he rebuilt the department after Hurricane Katrina and set the framework of American cyber-security policy.
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US Secretary of Homeland Security 2005-2009; federal appeals judge and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act
Source: Wikipedia — Michael Chertoff
