Airport Ag Inspectors: We Lied on Forms

This is the sort of culture a country develops when top government officials lie, cheat, steal, break laws, etc., etc., etc....

Six customs inspectors have told federal officials that superiors instructed them to enter false data indicating airline passengers had been stopped and inspected for plant and animal contraband.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers allege that in 2005, supervisors at Orlando Sanford International Airport told them to falsify information typically gathered during direct interviews and inspections of international passengers or crew members, according to a report by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.

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The inspectors told the Special Counsel's office that they were instructed to enter the false data because the airport was busy.

Oh well, whatever keeps the lines moving I guess.

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