a legal team that represented Russian/Ukrainian Dmitro Firtash's against extradition to the United States. Chertoff is also a member of the Atlantic Council's board of directors. From 2017 to 2019, Chertoff served as a member of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace and was made a co-chair of the commission in its final year. In a July 2020 op-ed in The New York Times, Chertoff claimed the Trump administration was hijacking the DHS for political purposes. Views Globalization At the Global Creative Leadership Summit in 2009, Chertoff described globalization as a double-edged sword. Although globalization may help raise the standard of living for people around the world, Chertoff claimed that it can also enable terrorists and transnational criminals. Body scanners Chertoff has been an advocate of enhanced technologies, such as full body scanners. His lobbying firm Chertoff Group (founded 2009) represented manufacturers of the scanners. Climate change Chertoff co-signed the preface to the report "National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change" published in 2014 where he stated that "projected climate change is a complex multi-decade challenge. Without action to build resilience, it will increase security risks over much of the planet. It will not only increase threats to developing nations in resource-challenged parts of the world, but it will also test the security of nations with robust capability, including significant elements of our National Power here at home." Political endorsements In the 2016 presidential election, Chertoff endorsed Hillary Clinton. See also List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 3) References External links |- |- |- 1953 births 21st-century American judges 21st-century American politicians American people of Russian-Jewish descent Assistant United States Attorneys Atlantic Council George W. Bush administration cabinet members Obama administration cabinet members Harvard College alumni Harvard Law School alumni Jewish American members of the Cabinet of the United States Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Living people New Jersey Republicans New York (state) lawyers Politicians from Elizabeth, New Jersey People associated with Covington & Burling People associated with Latham & Watkins People from Potomac, Maryland People from Westfield, New Jersey Pingry School alumni United States Assistant Attorneys General for the Criminal Division United States Attorneys for the District of New Jersey United States court of appeals judges appointed by George W. Bush