▁within ▁the ▁Office ▁of ▁Hom eland ▁Security . ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁he ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁Deput y ▁Ass istant ▁to ▁the ▁President ▁and ▁Deput y ▁Hom eland ▁Security ▁Ad visor . ▁In ▁these ▁capac ities , ▁he ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁developing ▁and ▁coordin ating ▁all ▁aspects ▁of ▁U . S . ▁hom eland ▁security ▁policy ▁and ▁law , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁counter ter ror ism ▁threat ▁assess ment ▁and ▁response ▁at ▁all ▁levels . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁principal ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Str ategy ▁for ▁Hom eland ▁Security ▁and ▁was ▁cent r ally ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁stand - up ▁of ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Hom eland ▁Security , ▁the ▁T error ist ▁Th re at ▁Integr ation ▁Center ▁( the ▁prede cess or ▁to ▁today ' s ▁National ▁C ounter ter ror ism ▁Center ), ▁and ▁the ▁F BI ' s ▁T error ist ▁Screen ing ▁Center . ▁ ▁After ▁leaving ▁the ▁White ▁House , ▁Fal ken r ath ▁became ▁the ▁Stephen ▁and ▁Barbara ▁Fried man ▁Senior ▁Fellow ▁at ▁The ▁Brook ings ▁Institution ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁ad visor ▁and ▁sp okes man ▁for ▁Bush - Ch en ey ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁re e lection ▁campaign ▁and ▁a ▁security ▁anal yst ▁at ▁CNN . ▁ ▁NY PD ▁At ▁the ▁NY PD , ▁Fal ken r ath ▁has ▁critic ized ▁the ▁federal ▁government ▁for ▁reducing ▁hom eland ▁security ▁fund ing ▁for ▁New ▁York ▁City ' s ▁sub ways . ▁