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Michael Chertoff

We may have to force people to get together in terms of picking a particular type of technology and starting to build to that technology, as opposed to everybody exercising their right to buy their own system, you know, at will.

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Michael Chertoff is saying that it might be necessary to require people to agree on and use the same technology standard instead of allowing everyone to choose different systems independently. This approach aims to create uniformity and compatibility rather than having a variety of incompatible technologies.

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