Bullshit. He was being checked because the agent could not comprehend that he had metal in his body and was convinced he was lying about not having something on him. I was watching and heard the entire encounter.

A supervisor was finally summoned and ask the man if he had an artificial hip. The man said yes, the supervisor simply said, than you sir, you can go.

They are not all bad, but, there are a lot of bad ones that want to flaunt their authority.