That security is a joke. Last year I forgot to leave my pocket knife at home and only discovered it at my destination. (I mailed it home.) Several years ago they confiscated a corkskrew I had had in my shaving kit since 1978. They didn't object to the sharp point on the corkskrew. The objected to the foil cutter. When I showed them with my own fingers that the foil cutter was so dull that repeated scores across my fingers couldn't drew blood, they didn't care. The must have had some metal quota and my nice corkskrew helped meet it; and America rested easier.
ML/NJ
coming home on leave from iraq in full uniform, i forgot i had my leatherman on my belt a real nice one , the tsa took it
My daughter-in-law went through security with her 4 dinky kids and their stroller. She forgot her handgun with clip was in her diaper bag. Security never saw it.
Fortunately, security was more diligent at wanding and patting down senile old ladies in wheelchairs.
Of course, they threw away my husbands toothpaste.
My wife and I are over 60 and white. She gets searched all the time.
I think the TSA guy just wanted a nice foil cutter for his vino and made up an excuse to take yours.