Wayne Slavin, the creator of NetStumbler, wrote a lengthy rant on his site entitled "My Wonderful Trip To South Africa That Didn't Happen Thanks To The TSA And Delta Airlines."
[The police officer] then gives me back my passport, waves his hand, and says "Go through."
I then hand my tickets and passport to another first class "document checker", and then Jackie [a security guard employed by GAT Security] says, "What do you think your doing?"
"The officers said that I could come through!" I plead.
"Oh no they didn't, you get back in line where you were!"
Now, remember back now to the family holding my place in line? They had been watching this entire thing and were now at the front of the line, literally next in line. They waved to get my attention and say "We are here! We're up here!".
"I'm with those people, thats where I was", I tell Jackie.
"Oh hell no, he's not up there with those people, he's got to get at the back of the line where he was.", Jackie says.
"No, I was standing with them", I plead again.
