Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:32:58 AM
"We generally look at risk as consequence, vulnerability, and threat -- and threat includes intent and capability. And of those things, probably the most significant is consequence, because it's the least variable. I mean, threat, in terms of intent and capability, can change quite readily. Vulnerability, if we're doing our job right, gets reduced -- so that should be a risk reducer. But consequence, really, generally means the same. And that's the template we use across everything."
Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at
Roundtable With Bloggers
Secretary Chertoff:
So, this is the first of what may be a number of these conferences or discussions. So I'll give you kind of a quick overview, and then take questions.
Five year anniversary. There are basically five major bands in which I'll kind of analyze our work: There is keeping bad people out of the country, keeping bad stuff out of the country, protecting the infrastructure, building a capable response agency, and integrating the department.
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