Michael Chertoff, nominee for Homeland Security director, gets help with a microphone in his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. A committee staff member adjusts a microphone for Judge Michael Chertoff, nominee for Homeland Security director, in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, February 2, 2005. Chertoff was asked by Democratic senators about his views on legal issues surrounding torture and the detention of terror suspects. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst