Homeland Security Chief Keeps Trumpeting Commerce Over Security

This Financial Times story is truly incredible: Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is once again going out in public and demanding America prioritize corporate profits over national security. It would be one thing if this was coming from the Secretary of Commerce - but for America's top security official to keep running around saying this kind of thing really brings up questions about where his focus is. And remember - this is the second time in three weeks he's made statements like this.

The FT's headline really says it all about his thinking: "US focus on risk ‘poses threat to economy.'" The story goes on to quote Chertoff opposing Congressional efforts to make sure all containers are inspected because he says it would supposedly stop all commerce. That's right folks: under the Bush administration, America's top security officials care about one thing and one thing only: making the President's corporate campaign donors happy.

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