In the wake of the attempted underpants airline bomber incident, the finger-pointing as to why the top post of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) remains vacant has begun. The Dems charge that Senator Jim DeMint (R–S.C.) has blocked Obama’s nominee in an effort to prevent TSA workers from becoming unionized.
Washington Post: DeMint, in a statement, said Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s alleged attempted attack in Detroit “is a perfect example of why the Obama administration should not unionize the TSA.”
For now, DeMint said, the TSA has “flexibility to make real-time decisions that allowed it to quickly improve security measures in response to this attempted attack.” He said that if organized labor were involved, union bosses would have the power “to veto or delay future security improvements at our airports.”
