That's what I thought for a sec...and then realized he probably wouldn't prefer to be searched, even if they weren't going to find anything.

I thought analysts took a dim view of security by obscurity.

I think the dim view is on using obscurity as your only or main security approach. However leading attackers down blind alleys, in addition to having real security measures in place, doesn't seem to me to be entirely worthless (IANA Security Analyst).