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I assume they produced the chart &#8211; but, again, if I&#8217;m wrong, let me know.<\/p>\n<p>(H\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/\">Claire Wolfe<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This chart nicely illustrates some of the costs of the TSA. I suppose a chart that showed TSA&#8217;s full costs would be fairly obscene. But if you have seen such a chart &#8211; shoot me a line or post a comment here. This chart was posted at http:\/\/www.onlinecriminaljusticedegree.com\/tsa-waste\/. 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