Department of Homeland Security - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Department of Homeland Security Index / Organizations Transcripts Ben LaBolt ...lead that included everyone from the Department of Homeland Security to the Coast Guard. You know, th... Daryl Johnson ...Daryl Johnson Mr. Johnson worked in the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] 's Office of Intelligence an... ...the Department of Homeland Security [ DHS ] 's Office of Intelligence an... ...terrorism. Prior to his work at DHS , he was a subject matter expert o... ...time, you're transitioning from ATF to DHS . What occasioned that switch fo... ... Anyways, I find myself being lured by DHS because of my expertise that I had a... ...this new unit that you stand up with in DHS . Yes. So, I'm told that there's thi... ...as coordinating it among not only the DHS offices but other agencies to get thei... ...like I had done a great mission for the Department of Homeland Security ; that I was applying my knowledge an... ...the noon hour on the radio, that the Department of Homeland Security had sent out this warning about th... ...of the decision of people higher up in DHS to respond to that reaction? What di... ...moment in 2010 when you decide to leave DHS . Can you talk about what that decisio... ...out these violent attacks cited the DHS right-wing report. It also led to ... ...T-shirts and bumper stickers about the DHS right-wing report, and that, “I'm ... ...in supporting me during this turmoil at DHS , I was able to go public with m... ...hearing in the news was these unnamed DHS officials said that this analyst was ... ...resources there. But unfortunately, the Department of Homeland Security unit that I was in was the casualty i... Show more... Chris Lu ...me figure out, “Oh, there's an issue at DHS [Department of Homeland Security] o... ...out, “Oh, there's an issue at DHS [ Department of Homeland Security ] or DOD [Department of Defense],” an... ...agencies? Was it entirely within DHS ? How was the cabinet working on th... ...level, or, more likely, simply left to DHS to handle. Our head o... Harry Reid ...putting up our guard. That's where the Department of Homeland Security came from. We weren't able to solve al... Mara Rudman ...eleventh attacks, the creation of the Department of Homeland Security . Did the function or the scope of th... Jane Lute ...in 2009 as the deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security [DHS], where she served until 2013... ...the Department of Homeland Security [ DHS ], where she served until 2013. Prio... ...useful as you were joining up with the Department of Homeland Security ? Yes. I would say that, in man... ...you make conceptually when you went to DHS ? I wasn't on the NSC. I was on th... ...that process of being brought into the DHS . Susan Rice called me up and said... ...through it [laughs]. You were joining DHS at a time when it was still a prett... ...often say the deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security . I never did, because our mission i... ...when you came into office? I mean, DHS is such a sprawling department. It'... ...the work that you were doing at DHS at all? Oh, it affected everyone. ... ...million people a day interact with the Department of Homeland Security . A day. When you think about, wha... ...What was your experience of being in DHS during the H1N1? My experience i... ...problem. There was another dustup at DHS that happened just shortly after yo... ...operating departments very well. And DHS is overwhelmingly an operatin... ...is foreign terrorism and the role that DHS , and that you in particular, played i... ...of the natural disasters that happened. DHS has this huge remit. But one of th... Show more... Daniel Russel ...she didn't. But later she joined the Department of Homeland Security and is still there. I shared just ... John Brennan ...of nine-eleven, and the standup of the Department of Homeland Security . President Bush wanted to have ... ...counterterrorism, especially since the Department of Homeland Security was still so young, and not yet mature... ...and not yet mature. When I came in, Department of Homeland Security was still finding its way in man... ...the president wanted implemented as the Department of Homeland Security , Department of Justice, and FBI... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Education Education go to the Black Politics Black Politics go to the Science Science