Russ Knocke
Russ Knocke
based grants homeland instead risk security spreading
I think we have been very, very clear. The focus, without hesitation, is on risk management. Homeland Security grants are now based on risk instead of spreading a little out for everyone.
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It is not helpful for anyone, no matter how well intended they might be, to produce road maps that lead aliens into the desolate and dangerous areas along the border, and potentially invite criminal activity, human exploitation and personal risk.
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Our undivided attention is placed on the victims of this catastrophe and seeing that they get the help that they desperately need. There is going to be a time and a place for the government and no doubt for Congress and the administration to really take a careful look at where the missteps were and assign blame.
states work
We are encouraging those states that want to work with us.
efforts federal response start taking talking
We are not talking about DOD taking over federal response efforts to a catastrophe from start to finish,
people point releasing training
We'd like to get to the point where we're not just training people and releasing them.
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We believe we've got the right mix of personnel in law enforcement for the federal government to meet the demands of public safety.
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There are certain evacuees who have been rescued from their nightmarish scenarios, and they have been taken to certain airports where they are waiting for airlifts and people are able to receive them, ... We are working more closely with state and local officials to develop a comprehensive plan while all the while airlifts from the New Orleans airport have continued.
national operating response
We were already operating under the National Response Plan.
level plans raise threat
There are no plans to raise the threat level at this time. These are rumors.
community concluded followed imminent intelligence threat
Had the intelligence community concluded the threat was imminent or credible, we would have followed ... different protocols.
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We're talking about an ultra-catastrophe, where the need is such that the military's training and assets would meet an immediate need in support of Homeland Security coordination of the federal government's responsibility and recovery efforts,
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While the situation in the Superdome was nightmarish and not satisfactory to anyone involved, it was not a life-and-death situation and we had to focus our priorities where we could,
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We've had a regular dialogue with first responders and discussed some of these issues with them. We're clearly an all hazards department and have taken significant measures to enhance preparedness and recovery capability since Sept. 11.