Airport Failing to require Administrator Password when Turning on/off?

I was using Lion a ways back but became nervous about its security when I discovered it was failing to require Administrator Password for this simple setting.
See 'System Settings-->Network-->Airport-->Advanded.' On the Airport tab, towards the bottom there is a section that states "Require Administrator Password to:" with a checkbox at the bottom for "Turn Airport on or off."
This setting fails to do anything.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is it still a problem?
I took my MBP into the Apple Store in Georgetown, Washington DC and a few guys at the store were able to verify this problem both on my MBP and on one store model.... I would like to try Lion again but I'm wondering if it is still a problem?

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