Who lied about this?
sen. mark Dayton, D-Minn
Zinser's report blames the erroneous statements on a series of innocent mistakes, including an erroneous entry in an early FAA timeline and an assumption by some officials that others would correct the record once the errors became clear.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/01/AR2006090101498.html