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A better tact for you rather than to ask the TSA agent to hurry up, would be to say "I am disabled, can someone get a chair for me to sit in" (this tact would also work better with a custom's agent too)

Failure to provide reasonable accommodations to the disabled (which you are, by the way, as you have difficulty standing) is a violation of your civil rights and Federal Law. (but of course, so is going through your luggage without a warrant) Unless you have some outward appearance of being disabled, the TSA agent would have no idea you were disabled, unless you told him. You did tell him your legs were hurting, so you did somewhat give him a clue you were disabled, but sometimes you need to use the right words.

If he then did not provide reasonable accommodations for you, he would have violated federal law and I suspect could be disciplined or fired and your complaint letter would be treated much differently.

If you have not written your letter yet, you may want to make mention of your disability and of this violation of the Americans With Disability Act Title II and for their failure to provide reasonable accommodations for you during this prolonged second inspection of your luggage.

But in the end, the only thing writing the letter will do is make you feel better. I mean after all, the head of ATF is n't even resigning.