Chertoff globe-trotting

Mike Chertoff is on a little taxpayer funded jaunt to Asia to personally view a new air cargo inspection system.

"I want to see it for myself," Chertoff told an audience at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, adding that any valuable techniques he sees would be adopted by U.S. security authorities. [...]

Along those lines, Chertoff says he has big plans to improve air cargo security. "Obviously, we screen everybody's baggage when they get on an airplane, but we have to look at the cargo as well," Chertoff said. [...]

"The goal here, as with maritime cargo, is to screen 100% of air cargo and inspect 100% of the high-risk cargo," Chertoff said, adding that TSA will deploy an automated known shipper program this summer.

It's been almost five years since 9/11 and we've spent billions to fund Homeland Security. Why is Chertoff still cruising the globe looking for ideas? Wouldn't you think DHS should have had something in place by now?