The corruption at the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is even more widespread than MWAA’s toughest critics — including The Washington Examiner — could ever have imagined. After a yearlong investigation undertaken at the request of Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., the U.S. Department of Transportation inspector general’s final report contains a long, stomach-turning list of unethical and improper behavior by both MWAA board members and the authority’s professional staff.

As The Examiner’s Liz Essley reported Friday, the long-overdue audit uncovered “a culture of favoritism” that led to abuses beyond the previously reported no-bid contracts and insider dealing that would not be tolerated in any other entity entrusted with public funds: