Sounds reasonable to assume it was a recon mission
Thanks for the input.Was scvratching my head on the reasoning.
If it was a scouting mission, these guys were stunningly stupid to have a bunch of fake IDs with them. If you're going to purposely go into something like that to test security, you better make sure your whole vehicle and person have NOTHING incriminating. And, you'll get a lot farther if you look clean cut and speak well. It's funny how often somebody will trip security and stand out for no other reason than the fact that they look like they woke up under a bridge and talk like they're on a 4-day drunk.
On the other hand, if they just accidentally drove in to the Pentagon area with no overt hostile intentions, that's pretty stupid, too. With a bunch of fake licenses in the vehicle, you would think that these guys would be smart enough to stay away from a security area like the Pentagon. If I have 4 lbs of marijuana in my car, driving into the middle of the Salt Lake Olympics is probably a bad plan.
Either way, these guys are total morons. I'm glad they're busted.