Monday, New Yorkers got a huge scare as the backup Air Force One was on a photo op. The jet was escorted by two F16 fighter jets. The low fly over caused panic among the citizens of New York and New Jersey.
Immediately the WH released this statement:
"At 4:39 p.m. Monday, the White House issued an apology for the flyover. Louis E. Caldera, director of the White House Military Office, who served in the Clinton administration as secretary of the Army, said in a statement: Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it’s clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused."
Over the past three days the blame for this has gone from one person to another: Obama was shocked and outraged (oh my the president doesn't know where his planes are, nor his administration... oh my that concerns me), Mayor Bloomberg is outraged at not being informed (but hey the WH says they informed the Mayor, and recent articles are saying that his office was informed, but the lines of communication were broken).
Seriously, this was a photo-op to get a picture of the President's plane in front of the Statue of Liberty...and it was kept silent...why? why were the agencies who were told about this not able to warn the citizens? Somebody please answer why?
Once again, we will never know who ordered this ridiculous stunt, no one will know why the public was not told, no one will get questions to any answers. As usual once the public outcry dies down it will be swept under the rug with all the other un-answered questions. That rug is becoming very full in a short time. Yes, next week we will hear nothing, nor the next week... but trust Obama... he said he will get to the bottom of this.
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