Yale Daily News

Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:03 a.m.

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Chertoff urges constant vigilance

Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Comparing Islamic radicalism to communism, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff warned Yale students Monday that the United States will have to be on guard against the threat of terrorism for at least a generation.

In a public address at the Yale Law School, Chertoff painted the threat of terrorism as a matter that can be best overcome by winning hearts and minds — and something that will not come quickly or easily.

“We have to engage at the level of the ideology itself,” Chertoff told his audience. “We have to enable those who struggle against dangerous ideologies...

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