TSA Fudges The Numbers

The Transportation Security Administration, taking a page from the playbooks of the Federal Reserve (not inflation anywhere!) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (no unemployed here!), massaged their numbers:

"TSA cooked the books to try to eliminate the federal-private screening program," said Rep. John L. Mica, Florida Republican and chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. "GAO found that TSA ignored critical data relating to costs."

Mr. Mica said the revised 3 percent cost difference is likely still too high because it does not take into account "the full cost of TSA's bloated and unnecessary bureaucratic overhead."