[Blue Jays]

"So, what does the DHS know that they are not telling us peasants?"

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Completely concur.
It is also why I think they divert attention with "sideshow acts" like the recent bathroom issue.
Like you, I watch for the sneaky sleight of hand, too.

[Dacula]

I have two thoughts -

1. TSA wants more money and more bodies to justify their existence.

2. The government is aware of a potential attack and is deliberately jamming up the system to give the allusion that they are stepping up security