Look man, I flew through both Washington D. C. airports in the last year. At both of them, TSA and airport police, federal law enforcement were lacidasical in their awareness and scanning; standing in clusters; not watching movement or behavior - they were checked out. TSA in particular was more interested in chatting/gossiping with coworkers than interacting with their screenees.

ID Checks were cursory at best - at Reagan, as I was getting out my driver’s license for the ID check where they scan it in prior to entry into the screening area, the dude said, and I quote: “don’t worry about it man, I’m just wasting time until my shift is over.” I didn’t have to provide any ID OR A BOARDING PASS to enter the secured area - the later of which has been a mainstay of airport security since I was a private security screener during the first Gulf War.