If you've ever been pulled aside, questioned and inspected by airport security officials, you'll understand Neville Cramer's frustration.

The 53-year-old Scottsdale consultant says he was puzzled Monday when a Transportation Security Administration officer first moved him out of line as a security threat at Sky Harbor International Airport.

After all, Cramer spent more than a quarter-century as a special agent with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

He said he has traveled millions of air miles during his career without a hitch. And he was on his way to Mexico to give a presentation on electronic passport security to the United Nations' International Civil Aeronautics Organization.

Cramer figured it wouldn't take long to clear things up: Just pull out his old INS badge, throw in a driver's license . . .

Those credentials didn't persuade the Transportation Security Administration worker, who directed Cramer to an area where "high-threat individuals" are inspected and interrogated.

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