Blogger Bob

Guide Note:

Blogger Bob, a member of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration Blog Evolution of Security gained a degree of online fame in March 2008 after posting a video to address recent TSA security issues relating to the new MacBook Air. After programmer Michael Nygard was held up earlier in the month at a TSA security checkpoint by agents who, unfamiliar with the MacBook Air, found it suspicious, Blogger Bob posted a short video in which he runs the laptop through the X-ray machine and explains that, due to its solid state drive, the Air looks different than typical laptops. Bob ensured audiences that he would forward the Air X-rays to the TSA’s other 45,000 Transportation Security Officers to prevent similar mix-ups in the future. Fast Facts:

1. Blogger Bob has worked for the TSA at the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport since 2002
2. Lives in Southwest Ohio with his wife and young daughter
3. Currently employed as a Supervisory Transportation Security Officer and Behavior Detection Officer
4. Has a 100 pound German shepherd named Clarence
5. Served on TSA's first National Advisory Council
6. Was a singer songwriter before joining the TSA
7. Hobbies: songwriting, photography & record collecting
8. TSA website only has Blogger Bob available in Windows Media Player.

Quotes: "My suspicions were correct. The MacBook does look completely different than your typical laptop or DVD player. I can't get into specifics of course, but there were a couple of areas on the X-ray that could pique some interest for TSOs."

"One thing is for sure though. This was just a case of diligent TSOs paying special attention to something that caught their eye. Exactly what they are trained to do."