▁responsibility ▁for ▁establish ing ▁armed ▁pat rol s ▁and ▁check points , ▁training ▁an ▁air port ▁police ▁force , ▁and ▁cert ified ▁b agg age ▁screen ers ; ▁altogether ▁— ▁ 1 3 8 ▁personnel . ▁Co al ition ▁Author ity ' s ▁administrator ▁responsible ▁for ▁transport ation , ▁Franklin ▁D . ▁Hat field , ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁contract ▁was ▁ful filled ▁" far ▁above ▁and ▁beyond ▁what ▁was ▁required ". ▁ ▁The ▁same ▁set ▁of ▁wh ist leb low ers , ▁Robert ▁Is ak son , ▁a ▁former ▁F BI ▁agent ▁and ▁D RC ' s ▁man aging ▁director , ▁and ▁William ▁Bald win , ▁a ▁former ▁C uster ▁Batt les ▁employee , ▁maintained ▁under ▁the ▁False ▁Cla ims ▁Act ▁that ▁C uster ▁Batt les , ▁L LC ., ▁def ra ud ed ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁by ▁not ▁maintain ing ▁the ▁agreed ▁upon ▁number ▁of ▁air port ▁security ▁staff , ▁with ▁Bald win ▁addition ally ▁claim ing ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁fired ▁in ▁ret ali ation ▁for ▁his ▁wh ist leb low ing . ▁ ▁During ▁trial , ▁Judge ▁T . ▁S . ▁Ell is ▁III ▁ ▁ruled ▁that ▁the ▁entire ▁contract ▁was ▁sus cept ible ▁to ▁the ▁False ▁Cla ims ▁Act , ▁and ▁not ▁just ▁part ▁of ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁previous ▁case . ▁The ▁basic ▁alleg ations ▁were ▁that ▁C uster ▁Batt les ▁had ▁failed ▁to ▁provide ▁ade qu ate ▁security ▁staff ing ▁under ▁its ▁F irm - Fixed ▁Price ▁contract ▁of ▁$ 1 6 . 8 ▁million . ▁In ▁January ▁