I'm entirely willing to believe that some underpaid TSA grunt looked at the situation and said to themselves, "Oh, it's that guy again. Well, he's no longer making a fuss and he's not getting in a plane, so it's not my business" and walked off, leaving SovCit with a victory. I'm convinced half the "victories" are someone saying, "Oh, life's too short for this nonsense" and kicking the situation down the road in hopes someone else will have to handle the idiots.