Michael Chertoff (born November 28, 1953), is the current United States Secretary of Homeland Security.
He previously served as a United States Court of Appeals judge and former federal prosecutor, and assistant U.S. Attorney General. He was nominated as Homeland Security Secretary by President George W. Bush on January 11, 2005 to succeed Tom Ridge as Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security. He was confirmed in this position by the U.S. Senate on February 15, 2005, in a unanimous 98-0 vote, and sworn into office the same day (although a ceremonial swearing-in presided over by Bush took place on March 3).
Early history
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of a rabbi, Chertoff went to The Pingry School in high school. He later attended Harvard University, graduating in 1975. He then graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1978, going on to clerk for appellate judge Murray Gurfein for a year before clerking for United States Supreme Court justice William Brennan from 1979 to 1980. He worked in private practice with Latham & Watkins from 1980 to 1983 before being hired as a prosecutor by Rudolph Giuliani, then the U.S. attorney for Manhattan, working on mafia and political corruption-related cases. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Israel. MORE...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_ChertoffThis man is a "TRIAL LAWYER"! He "CHASES AMBULANCES" to disasters and is no expert at managing any kind of disaster, as far as I can see. He helped railroad Bill Clinton is his claim to fame! He's another Bush/RNC Crony. Totally unskilled at his job, just like the Mr. Brown who is mismanaging FEMA!