The concerns that you have raised are certainly legitimate, and I have little doubt that this idea I have proposed will never be instituted.

On the other hand, since, as has been said many a time, people commit crimes, rather than weapons, isn't their some value to ensuring that the ID provided by travelers is authentic, so we know that they are, as Dennis Green would say, who we thought they were? Isn't this goal best achieved by interconnected computer databases, rather than the "trained" eye of the TDC? I understand the misgivings on FlyerTalk about the TSA, but if intelligence is the key to airport security, rather than Full Body Scanners or pat-downs, shouldn't we incorporate our intelligence networks into the TSA checkpoints, at least somewhat?