Last week, my parents flew back from Aruba, with a connection in Miami. At the top of the jet bridge in MIA, TSA workers had a dog sniffing bags, and everyone was asked for an ID. In the words of my father, "If you wanted to get off that plane, you had to show a picture ID." He was displeased, but complied.

Has anyone ever encountered this?

And let's assume MIA was his final destination and all he wanted to do was leave the airport. Theoretically, it seems to me that he would be well within his rights to decline to participate in their games. How could they threaten him with "DYW2FT"?

This layer of "security" has a certain parallel to the Savannah train station debacle.