Working under a self-imposed deadline in 2003 and with little oversight, some TSA employees spared little expense to outfit the new Transportation Security Operations Center, ignored federal contracting rules and appeared to conceal their spending, according to the inspector general’s report. When the center opened in September 2003, it included a 4,200-square-foot gym for 79 employees that cost $350,000; seven kitchens outfitted with numerous appliances, including Sub-Zero refrigerators costing $3,000 each; and large offices — even for lower-level employees — equipped with cable television at a cost of $63,099 for three years.

In fact, the guy that was running the TSA during all the overspendig for its offices, John W. Magaw, was the ex-director of the BATF.