What wasn't a surprise is that the poll appeared just before Congress has to decide TSA's budget for next year. I've seen a few other highly complimentary articles on TSA these past few days, too - all appearing all of the sudden. A little suspicious, isn't it?
I'm a bit confused: the poll was released in August. That said, the final budget negotiations for the first half of 2013 (which included the DoHS) weren't concluded until September. Is that what you mean?
