They were still in white shirts, the supervisor eluded to the fact that the guy checking ID in my line was 'New' so he was following all of the rules. I searched all over the CFR's covering TSA, and it doesn't get as specific as who can clear security lines with what.

TUL TSA is the worst, it seems everytime I go through there the people at the front end have a new rule -- this one takes the cake for sure.