Flying High

(Fox News) - The Government Accountability Office says federal employees wasted at least $146 million in just one year, by upgrading airline tickets to first or business class in violation of travel guidelines. The GAO report covered more than a dozen agencies from the summer of 2005 to the summer of 2006.

Some examples:

One Agriculture Department executive took 25 premium-class flights costing $163,000 and the person who authorized the flights turned out to be a subordinate.

A political appointee at the Pentagon took 15 premium-class flights and cited a medical condition as justification for $105,000 in expenses. But the only evidence of the condition was a note signed by a colleague, not a doctor.