The Associated Press reported the two year old anti-terrorism agency, Transportation Security Administration, had an anniversary banquet costing Homeland Security a half million dollars. To its credit, the Homeland Department’s inspector general found no justification for bonuses averaging $16,000 higher than any other federal agency. The inspector general also found that only 3% of non-executive employees received bonuses. The TSA defended the extravaganza on the basis that executives did not get pay increases and “were not eligible for presidential awards that can increase executive pay by 35% of their base pay.”

Of course, there was no mention of disciplinary action.