No change at OAK as of Sept 24. I had an hour to kill, so I refused to remove my shoes. Asked the hall monitor to call a supervisor. Told her that TSA rules do not require shoe removal. She told me that I was wrong because TSA "recommends" that I remove shoes. Told her that it is not a "recommendation" when you send people to secondary inspection when they refuse to de-shoe.

I was then sent me to secondary for the full wand treatment. Screener also instructed me to remove shoes so that they could run them through the machine. It was pretty clear that this one done to show me the "futility" of my protest. TSA supervisor returned with her name and badge scribbled on a piece of paper.

Had some concern that supervisor would retaliate by putting me on permanent blacklist, but those fears were allayed this morning when I strolled through the checkpoint at BUR. My Bruno Magli's passed with flying colors, and I continued on my way without so much as a peep from the screeners.

My complaint letter will be on its way to Chertoff's deputy shortly.