When the Transportation Security Administration was founded in 2001, in response to the 9/11 terror attacks, Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD) famously stated, “You can’t professionalize if you don’t federalize.” While that statement, especially given the benefit of hindsight is giggle-inducing, today’s shows of security theater at the nation’s airports are making Senator Daschle’s remarks even more nonsensical.
Case in point: On November 26, A 57-year-old Russian woman was able not only to slip into an airport in New York but also to board a flight from New York to Paris with no passport or boarding pass. Granted, the TSA isn’t in charge of who boards the plane once people are admitted into the airport, so there’s plenty of blame to go around here.
The suspect, identified as Svetlana Dali, appeared in Brooklyn federal court on Friday and is facing one count…
