Originally Posted by
SATTSO
Sorry, the question has been answered. It's to match to the no-fly and selected list.
But that answer does not have to be liked; it does not have to be accepted; it may not even be the correct thing to do.
But the TSA does NOT do that at the checkpoint. Once you walk up to the ID checker the TSO has no way to know if the name on the ID is on one of the lists you cite.
So while the given answer could arguably be valid given a different setup, it is not what the TSOs are doing when they check ID.