Tom Ridge
Tom Ridge
Thomas Joseph "Tom" Ridgeis an American politician who served as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003, and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. Prior to this, Ridge was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1945
CityMunhall, PA
CountryUnited States of America
With so many symbolic gatherings in the next few months, we must be aggressive,
We want visitors from abroad to continue to come to the United States, but we also want to secure our borders,
We had specific information that needed to be acted upon relative to the Air France flights.
We are working with the pilots' association in Great Britain and other foreign carriers, ... We hope to convince them in time that, on targeted flights, the use of well-trained air marshals adds another level of security for international travel.
We don't want to broadcast to everybody where we're going to be doing this, but those areas and elements within the private sector, they have already been contacted and they understand that for the time being we want to maintain a similar level of security,
with as much information as possible as quickly as possible.
The passengers and crew are an emblem of America's great glory: freedom and patriotism demonstrated at its highest regard, ... Here upon this field of honor, lives were saved and heroes were made.
Today the United States government raised the national threat level.
to make North America more secure and more prosperous.
Yeah, we weren't certain, ... Still, in the context of everything else (intelligence chatter and a terror attack in Saudi Arabia), we could not set it aside and dismiss it as not credible.
We know they have the capability to succeed and they also hold the mistaken belief that their attacks will have an impact on America's resolve,
We can be afraid or we can be ready,
Time will tell if we can directly link him to a specific organization or not,
You don't need too many committed to martyrdom to wreak havoc.