"You're Doin' A Great Job, Cherty!" -- G.W. Nincompoop

(Chertoff is too busy with Gustav right now ... )

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"Radiation Detector Plan Falls Short, Audit Shows"

"Concerns About Cost and Effectiveness Could Curtail Program"

By Robert O'Harrow Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 4, 2008; D01

An ambitious Bush administration program to use new technology to stop
radioactive materials from being smuggled into the country has fallen
far short of its aims and will likely be sharply curtailed, according
to an audit report obtained by The Washington Post.

The project, involving three contractors, has been embroiled in
allegations that the department's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
misled Congress about the testing, cost and effectiveness of the
machines. Budget documents this year showed the cost to put the
monitors at borders and ports would be far higher than the detection
office originally estimated.