Yes the Americans are easily excitable and very paranoid these days
My real name is different from my common name which is different from my nick name. I have my passport in a formal name, my airline tickets in my common name and my credit cards and other stuff with my nick name. I don’t have problems with the homeland security as I talk fast and use big words and can easily confuse them and then say USA #1 and they let me through.
My master plan is simple….if I ever mess up and I mean really mess up, I should be charged with my common name and then after the conviction I will appeal as they charged the wrong guy!!!