"Procuration of intercourse by false pretences" - who knew this was a crime? Shirly a typo, -lest all of humanity be in the queue for the reject pile.
Security is seriously important in places - airside is definitely such a place. If one wants to do work that is important and connected to real power, it makes sense that one must submit to scrutiny, review, and recurrent vetting.
Personally, though, I find it really sad to see things British overtaken by the martial-law-style of doing, administered with all the sensitivity of the Germans, the efficiency of the Italians, the bureaucracy Napoleanic, details Japanese, procedures Yank and records maintenance, storage, and retrieval a la Russe.
Computers make it all possible, of course. They never forget and never make dkjslss.