The High Cost of a Rush to Security

TSA Lost Control of Over $300 Million Spent by Contractor to Hire Airport Screeners After 9/11

By Scott Higham and Robert O'Harrow Jr.

Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, June 30, 2005; Page A01

The money was spent in the name of improving security at the nation's airports:

· $526.95 for one phone call from the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago to Iowa City.