Chertoff knew Chiquita was breaking anti-terrorism laws and did nothing.

The story is a bit too long to excerpt, but take a quick read of the first 5 paragraphs. Short version: Chiquita officials met with Justice Department official (now DHS director!!!) Michael Chertoff in 2002 asking what to do about their payments to the right wing death squad groups in Columbia.

Chertoff, then assistant attorney general and now secretary of homeland security, affirmed that the payments were illegal but said to wait for more feedback, according to five sources familiar with the meeting.....

Sources close to Chiquita say that Chertoff never did get back to the company or its lawyers.

So, our current DHS chief knew that Chiquita was making extortion payments to a terror group, and, not knowing what to do, chose to ignore it?

Chertoff, through spokesman Russ Knocke, refused to discuss the case. "I'm declining all comment, because there is an investigation ongoing," Knocke said.

Oh my.