When I look at these people, half the time I'm thinking I'm the one who should be checking them! I thought it was just my jaded outlook and cynicism coming through.

Remember, though, that these are the same people who think 101 ml of toothpaste (~3.5 ounces for you Americans) will bring down an aircraft, but 99 ml (~3.3 ounces) won't. They're the same guys who need to check your BP three or four times in the floor space of a first down, in case you changed your identity en route. They're the same guys who think you're a hazard to aviation if you can't pronounce your name correctly. They're the same guys who...

As a former colleague of mine used to say, "He's just another one of God's creatures." We have to put them somewhere, I guess.

And by the way, what's with this ID stuff anyway? Do they have the names of all the bad guys memorized?