Sorry......she stamped my boarding pass.......

There is a bit of deception by TSA though in that the widespread onset of TSA's ID-check theater has happened around the same time as the widespread (and foolsh IMO) setup of checkpoints to have multiple x-rays feeding to a single WTMD. The increased bottleneck at the WTMD (particularly when multi-person groups or involved, when someone doesn't know how to not alarm, or when travelers (like myself) refuse to release their laptop into the x-ray until waved into the WTMD by the WTMD screener), may be masking the ncreased bottleneck at the ID-check.

Yes. Probably triples or quadruples time at ID stand. Since I frequently travel at off-peak times where there is no line for ID or WTMD, this process directly increases the latency of the "experience."

Old procedure

studentff: [present INSPass and BP to contract ID checker.] Mornin'

ID checker: [flips INSPass looking for non-existent expiration date, usually gives up on ID at this point, and scribbles on boarding pass]

studentff: [proceeds to next stage of cattle call]

New procedure
studentff: [present INSPass and BP to TSA ID checker]

TSA ID checker probably playing SPOT: How are you doing today?

studentff: Sleepy. (I have decided for now that the best/only answers to give SPOTniks should be names of the Seven Dwarfs.)

TSA: [looks intently both sides of INSPass] Do you have a drivers license?

studentff: That [INSPass] is a federal-government issued photo ID.

TSA: Does it have an expiration date?

studentff: Nope, that's the beauty of it. (Sometimes add: Plus if I lose it, I can still rent a car.) (Considered adding, but haven't yet: Considering that TSA at some airports is rejecting DLs with valid address-change stickers like mine, and passports with transit stamps like mine, I choose to use this unmodified federal-government issued photo ID.)

TSA: [Stares at ID a while longer. Seems to need bifocals.] Finally scribbles on boarding pass and moves on.

studentff: [proceeds to next stage of cattle call]