Kyle Boatright wrote:

Apples and oranges. Passports are flagged, etc and there are real time
systems to address people with the wrong name or number on their passport.

Not to mention there's a law that you must show a passport. There's not
law about showing ID at a small airport if you're just hanging around.
Yes, the current regime is a problem, but so are people making up
authority that they just don't have.