Are We Safe Yet? Homeland Security (2 of 2), 2008

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Channel: The Aspen Institute · 2008 · News & Politics

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Homeland Security Chertoff discusses the challenge presented by tracking legal visa holders inside the United States and the tension between safety and expediency. Chertoff notes that homeland security "always a struggle to put the welfare of the common good above the individual interests of a particular group or sector that's going to be inconvenienced by a security measure."

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