WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- In the aftermath of an attempt to blow up an airliner Democrats charge a top U.S. security post is vacant because of a Republican senator's opposition.
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., has blocked President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration due to concern over the prospect that TSA employees might unionize, McClatchy Newspapers reported Monday. The nominee, Erroll Southers, is a former FBI special agent and assistant chief for homeland security and intelligence at Los Angeles World Airports Police Department.