Fake data in pre-election unemployment numbers?

Fake data in pre-election unemployment numbers?  From the New York Post:

In the home stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign, from August to September, the unemployment rate fell sharply — raising eyebrows from Wall Street to Washington.

The decline — from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September — might not have been all it seemed. The numbers, according to a reliable source, were manipulated.

And the Census Bureau, which does the unemployment survey, knew it.

At the time, the persistently high unemployment numbers were big political news – much was made of the need Obama had to show some progress toward a robust economic recovery.  The reported drop in unemployment rate gave a tangible boost to Team Obama in the polls.  They had motive, they had opportunity, and they have demonstrated corruptness.  All that makes this story all too believable...