OK, I registered and read the referenced article. It's basically a fluff piece extolling the virture of the new & improved RDU, except for:

"The security checkpoint can become a "choke point" for air travelers, according to a July 14 article in USA Today. Using government data, the newspaper ranked 100 of the country's busiest airports to see how they ranked in time travelers spend going through security.

RDU ranked 37th, with an average wait of 5.4 minutes and 14.5 percent of waits taking more than 10 minutes.

Hamlin pointed out that Transportation Safety Administration employees, not the airport, run the security checkpoints. "We work with TSA any way we can ... to alleviate lines at the airport," she said. This cooperation includes providing TSA with weekly reports on how many travelers are passing though RDU at certain times of day so that TSA can have more employees working during peak times. Over the past two to three years, the airport has also opened more lanes at each checkpoint, with five in Terminal A, four in Terminal C and three in Terminal A Extension."

So, it's clear to me the TSA lied to get the numbers down because of the local's desire to look better in the USA Today survey. I'm sure this paper is about as intellectual as the TSA management gets