Lead Ballon,
I don't accept the old "there are lies, damn lies and statistics", I would agree there are stats and there are stats, statistics don't lie, but they are open to the manipulation of data to produce desired results. Thus there is a problem, claim and counter claim via stats!
With regards to the Angel Flt situation, I don't know, however I still agree with the view of Emmerson, which I think you are confusingly tying into this.