My question is: Why would they try to hide it???
Why couldn’t the White House just come out and say, “Director George Lucas is paying a million bucks (or whatever) to the American people for an AL ANG F-16 and one of the craft we use for AF1 to make a fly-by over lower Manhattan during the week of...”
Why all the secrecy? I’d think they’d WANT to shout it from the roof-tops!
This Administration never stopped short on any self-serving stunt before. Why stop now???
My question is: Why would they try to hide it???
Because, it's quite possible that this [conclusion, deduction, assumption] is 'a stretch' on your part ...
You're going to need more or you'll lose your arse if your 'go public' with it on [say] Drudge ...