On the recordSeptember 13, 2005
Michael Chertoff is the head of the agency. He has to absolutely bear part of the responsibility for the inaction of that agency.
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Thompson holds Chertoff accountable for the inaction of the Homeland Security agency during Hurricane Katrina.
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