The ‘night shift’ on duty at Homeland Security needs more creativity in their ‘nothing to see here, all just a misunderstanding’ stories.
Sneaking a cigarette so, who hasn’t, then sets shoe on fire. Riiiiiight.
It could be a dry run to check security response, how many marshalls on board, how quickly the jets are scrambled, etc.
They had better not assume it was just a “joke”.