Excellent blog post and video from a man who was attempting to travel from SAN this morning. He ended up being threatened with at $10,000 fine and a civil lawsuit.
Summary:
SAN was not listed as having AIT on the TSA website
Pax knew he would not fly if his genitals were touched as part of a pat-down, pat-down declined
LEO escorts pax from checkpoint, pax gets refund from AA at counter
TSA goon arrives and detains pax saying he was not allowed to leave the checkpoint without screening being completed.
http://johnnyedge.blogspot.com/2010/...y-between.html