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Congress.gov biography:
"RIDGE, Thomas Joseph, a Representative from
Pennsylvania; born in Munhall, Allegheny County, Pa., August 26, 1945;
attended St. Andrew’s School, Erie, Pa.; graduated from Cathedral Prep
School, Erie, Pa., 1963; B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1967;
J.D., Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., 1972; United States Army,
1968-1970; lawyer, private practice; assistant district attorney, Erie
County, Pa., 1972-1982; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1984;
elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and to the five succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1995); Governor of Pennsylvania,
1995-2001; Director, Office of Homeland Security, 2001-2003; Secretary
of Homeland Security in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush, 2003-2005."
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Thomas
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TOM RIDGE News:
20080624
Tom
Ridge - John
McCain -  Money
-  Politics
- Albania
-  US
-  Pennsylvania
-  2008
Election
"Ridge
lobbies for Albania, but doesn't report it." ...
"[Republican President Bush's] Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge
registered with the Department of Justice as a lobbyist for the government
of Albania nearly two years after winning an almost half-million dollar
lobbying contract, Roll
Call reports this morning." ... ""I didn't think it was [necessary]
to register," the Capitol Hill newspaper quotes the former [Republican]
Pennsylvania governor and national co-chair of [2008 Election Republican
Presidential Candidate] John McCain's presidential campaign as saying."
-By Brett Lieberman -PennLive.com
20060904
Tom
Ridge -  Crime
- Politics
-  Terrorism
- Albania
- US
- Pennsylvania
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"Albania
hires ex-U.S. Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge as a consultant."
... "Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said Monday that he hired former
[Republican President Bush's United States] U.S. Homeland Security Secretary
Tom Ridge as a consultant to advise his government on a range of issues
including NATO membership, fighting corruption and tackling organized crime."
... "[Republican] Ridge cut short his second term as Pennsylvania governor
when U.S. [United States Republican] President George W. Bush appointed
him to coordinate homeland security after the [September] Sept. 11, 2001
attacks." -AP
via -IHT.com
20051222
-
 Karl
Rove
- Dick
Cheney -  Military
-  Environmental
- Political
- Business
- "Department's
Mission Was Undermined From Start." ... "[Department
of Homeland Security Secretary Tom] Ridge, who had won a Bronze Star as
an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam, knew he might be stepping into another
quagmire at DHS. "Part of him was excited," said then-EPA [Environmental
Protection Agency] Administrator Christine Todd Whitman. "Part of him thought
it was a no-win situation."" ... "Clearly, he could not count on unlimited
financial support. And working in the White House, he was already learning
he could not count on absolute political support, either." ... "One stark
example was the White House's blockade of a Ridge-supported plan to secure
large chemical plants. After Sept. 11, Whitman had worked with Ridge on
a modest effort to require high-risk plants --especially the 123 factories
where a toxic release could endanger at least 1 million people -- to enhance
security. But industry groups warned Bush political adviser Karl Rove that
giving new regulatory power to the Environmental Protection Agency would
be a disaster." ... ""We have a similar set of concerns," Rove wrote to
the president of BP Amoco Chemical Co." ... "In an interagency meeting
shortly before DHS's birth, White House budget official Philip J. Perry,
who also happens to be Cheney's son-in-law, declared the Ridge-Whitman
plan dead." (1, 2,
3,
4,
5)
-By Christopher Lee with contributions by Spencer
S. Hsu and Julie Tate -WashingtonPost
20050512
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Carolina -
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- "D.C.
Scare Puts Alert System to the Test: Washington's
Terror Alert System Put to the Test by Plane Scare; Ridge Praises Quick
Response." ... "The terror alert system in the nation's capital was put
to the test by a small plane that flew within three miles of the White
House [Wednesday, May 11th], leading to the frantic evacuation of government
buildings." ... "Alert levels at the White House and Capitol were raised
to their highest state Wednesday when the Cessna 152 crossed into restricted
air space and failed to respond to a Homeland Security helicopter scrambled
to stop it. Military jets fired four warning flares at the single-engine
aircraft, which was carrying a pilot and a student pilot flying from Pennsylvania
to North Carolina, before it turned away from the national landmarks."
(1, 2,
3)
-By Lara Jakes Jordan, Mark Scolforo, Erin Gartner
and Mark Sherman -AP
via -ABCNEWS.com
20050510
Tom
Ridge -  John
Ashcroft - Terrorism
-  Intelligence
- Politics
- Military
- Government
-  Attorney
- FBI
-
"Ridge
reveals clashes on alerts." ... "The [Republican
President] Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for
terrorist attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued
there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level, Ridge
now says." ... "Ridge, who resigned [February] Feb. 1, said Tuesday that
he often disagreed with administration officials who wanted to elevate
the threat level to orange, or "high" risk of terrorist attack, but was
overruled." ... "Ridge said he wanted to "debunk the myth" that his agency
was responsible for repeatedly raising the alert under a color-coded system
he unveiled in 2002." ... "The level is raised if a majority on the President's
Homeland Security Advisory Council favors it and President Bush concurs.
Among those on the council with Ridge were Attorney General John Ashcroft,
FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] chief Robert Mueller, CIA [Central
Intelligence Agency] director George Tenet, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
and Secretary of State Colin Powell." -By Mimi Hall
-USATODAY
20040109
-
- "U.S.
Lowers National Terror Threat Level." ... "Three
weeks after warning of possible attack on the United States, the U.S. government
on Friday lowered the terror threat level, saying the danger over the holiday
season had passed but airlines were still at risk" ... "Homeland Security
Secretary Tom Ridge announced the reduction in the color-coded threat level
to "elevated" or "yellow" from "high" or "orange." But he said airlines,
other sectors and some unspecified parts of the country would be asked
to remain on a heightened state of alert to guard against possible terror
attacks." (1, 2)
-By Deborah Charles -Reuters
20031230
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- "Ridge:
U.S. tightens security for New Year's." ... "With
New Year's on the way, security efforts across the United States have been
"ramped up in an unprecedented way" through the end of the week, Homeland
Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Tuesday." ... "The U.S. government will
keep the terror threat alert level at orange -- the second-highest on the
five-tiered, color-coded scale -- for the rest of the week as officials
remain concerned about airline security, Ridge said."
-CNN
20031222
-
- "Attacks
possible during holidays; alert level raised to Orange."
... "The head of the Department of Homeland Security on Monday urged people
to "just go about your business" despite the decision to raise the national
terror-attack warning to its second-highest level." ... "After briefing
President Bush on Monday, Ridge reiterated to reporters that the intelligence
community considered the new threat "the most significant threat" to the
country since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001." ... ""The information
we have indicates that extremists abroad are anticipating near-term attacks
that they believe will either rival or exceed" the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks,
Ridge had said in announcing the upgraded alert status on Sunday."
-AP via -USATODAY
20030902
-
-
-
- "U.S.
to boost number of air marshals: 5,000 more
armed law enforcement agents to be added." ... "Homeland Security Secretary
Tom Ridge will announce plans on Tuesday to make 5,000 more armed law enforcement
agents available to act as federal air marshals, officials said."-Reuters
via -MSNBC
20030317
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- "National
Threat Level Raised: Statement by Homeland
Security Secretary Tom Ridge." [Excerpt] ... "The Department of Homeland
Security in consultation with the Homeland Security Council, has made the
decision to raise the national threat level from an Elevated to High risk
of terrorist attack or Level Orange. The Intelligence Community believes
that terrorists will attempt multiple attacks against U.S.and Coalition
targets worldwide in the event of a U.S led military campaign against Saddam
Hussein. A large volume of reporting across a range of sources, some of
which are highly reliable, indicates that Al-Qaida probably would attempt
to launch terrorist attacks against U.S.interests claiming they were defending
Muslims or the Iraqi people rather than Saddam Husseins regime." ... "While
the March 1 arrest of senior Al Qaida operative, Khalid Shaykh Muhammad
(KSM) has put the Al-Qaida senior leadership on the defensive and will
be debilitating in the long term -- the Intelligence Community believes
that KSMs capture will not necessarily affect operations that are ready
or nearly ready for execution. There are many recent indications that Al-Qaidas
planning includes the use of chemical, biological, and/or radiological
materials." ... "Intelligence reporting also indicates that while Al-Qaida
and those sympathetic to their cause are a principal threat, Iraqi state
agents, Iraqi surrogate groups, other regional extremist organizations,
and ad hoc groups or disgruntled individuals not connected to existing
organizations or state agencies, may use this time period to conduct terrorist
attacks against the U.S., or our interests abroad."
-WhiteHouse.gov/
Homeland
Security Actions
20030302
-
-
- Law
Enforcement News - "Ridge's
Rise from Adviser to 'Mr. Secretary': As Some
Questioned His Power, He Quietly Shaped Future of Homeland Security." ...
"This week, as nearly 180,000 employees join the new Department of Homeland
Security that he has directed since Jan. 24, Ridge has become one of the
four or five most powerful figures in the Bush administration, a man in
charge of the president's most crucial domestic initiative." ... "Bush
has staked considerable credibility and some of his political fortune on
his old friend's success in protecting Americans from terrorist attacks.
The president has given Ridge enormous clout that is comparable to the
sway commanded by the heads of the Justice, Defense and State departments,
administration officials and government experts said." -By
John Mintz-WashingtonPost
20030227
-
-
- "US
lowers terror threat alert level." ... ""Today's
decision was based on a careful review of how this specific intelligence
has evolved and progressed over the past three weeks as well as counter-terrorism
actions we have taken to address specific aspects of the threat situation,"
Tom Ridge, secretary of homeland security, and John Ashcroft, US attorney-general,
said in a joint statement." -By Kamau High
-FT.com
20030217
-
-
- "Terror
Alert May Soon Be Lowered." ... "The government is
not yet ready to lower the "high risk" terrorism alert it ordered 10 days
ago but could do so at any time, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge
said yesterday." ... "Based on current intelligence information, Ridge
said on CNN's "Late Edition" that "there's still enough out there today
for us to remain at an orange [or second-highest risk] level."" -By
Helen Dewar -WashingtonPost
20020721
-
"U.S.
May Debate Giving Military Law Enforcement Power (Update2)."
... "The government should consider reversing more than a century of tradition
and law to give the U.S. military a bigger law enforcement role in the
event of a terrorist attack, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge and some
lawmakers said." ... "Fears that terrorists might attempt a nuclear, biological
or chemical attack on U.S. territory are prompting some lawmakers to support
revisions to the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, which restricts using the
military as a civilian police force." -Bloomberg
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