- WMR has discovered that the Department of Homeland Security
has, in addition to steering millions of dollars of FEMA money to GOP-connected
firms, reallocated important disaster recovery funds to Israeli security
and information technology contractors. DHS has even sponsored high tech
fairs in Jerusalem that have provided a fast track for Israeli firms to
grab a large portion of DHS's $47 billion annual budget.
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- DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff's wife Meryl worked for
FEMA when the agency was undergoing severe budget cuts during Homeland
Security Secretary Tom Ridge's and Joseph Allbaugh's tenure.
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- In addition, critical DHS funds earmarked for state disaster
preparedness were instead re-steered to Israeli firms that landed lucrative
contracts with state homeland security offices, especially in Maryland,
Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.
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- Chertoff's wife Meryl worked for FEMA's Legislative Liaison
Office during drastic FEMA budget cuts
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- What is more interesting is that Meryl Chertoff worked
in FEMA's Office of Legislative Affairs from 2002 to 2003 during FEMA's
absorption into DHS and the reduction of its budget. Meryl Chertoff also
briefed Congress on FEMA's disaster preparedness at the same time Louisiana's
congressional delegation was pleading for funds for levee strenghtening
and flood control.
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- Meryl Chertoff is an attorney who is currently a consultant.
The web site for Nancy H. Becker Associates, a Trenton, NJ public relations
and lobbying firm, has on its home page a Homeland Security certificate
that clearly shows the name "Meryl Chertoff."
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- http://waynemadsenreports.com
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