[timepiece]

I hear someone in the security line (which to me resembles a cattle chute) remarking that they're in fact glad for the inconvenience

They could be govt stooges (field agents) implanted to distort public opinion and create a false narrative that the general public is happy with these draconian procedures and that they're very popular (peer pressure) to advance their agenda and support the status-quo.

[bhayden]

This would have to be pretty massive in scale, and the people standing around doing this all day are probably not well qualified or paid. If this was happening there would be people talking about it.

[timepiece]

It doesn't need to be on a massive scale or not pro-bono. It's enough to some people in the govt to volunteer and go on a disinformation field trip.