Originally Posted by jkhuggins

There's another option; Bob was misinformed as to what happened. Which is consistent with the confusion we've already seen regarding this incident; if the screening TSOs thought she had a back brace, I'm sure that's what they reported up-the-chain, and that's what Bob was told when he made his statement.

An inaccurate statement isn't necessarily a "lie"; a "lie" requires intent to deceive, and I don't believe Bob is trying to deceive.