Well right off the bat I was a little skeptical of Nicole's story; although the TSA having poorly thought out rules and agents on power trips isn't much of a stretch. I did think her tale of an agent whisking a baby off for a security search sounded a bit strange, as was Nicole's reaction not to run after her son, but rather to take her "emergency xanax" and call her husband and mother so they could calm her down. The whole thing just sounded odd.

The TSA response- There are thousands of TSA horror stories on the net. To my knowledge this is the first time the TSA has released security camera footage ( from multiple angles no less) to discredit someone's story. One could conclude that the TSA was overly anxious to finally disprove a story.

Nick I don't think Nicole is a scammer. I think she is a very high strung individual, after all, she does " always carry emergency xanax".
I think the SLOW secondary screening and the anxiety of possibly missing her flight triggered a panic attack.