What about the reports that NYC police were warned by the WH not to make the flyover public, and that’s why they couldn’t tell people on the ground beforehand?
Federal officials knew that sending two fighter jets and Air Force One to buzz ground zero and Lady Liberty might set off nightmarish fears of a 9/11 replay, but they still ordered the photo-op kept secret from the public.
In a memo obtained by NY’s CBS Channel 2, the Federal Aviation Administration’s James Johnston said the agency was aware of “the possibility of public concern regarding DoD (Department of Defense) aircraft flying at low altitudes” in an around New York City. But they demanded total secrecy from the NYPD, the Secret Service, the FBI and even the mayor’s office and threatened federal sanctions if the secret got out.
A cryptic, classified alert — obtained by The Post yesterday — written by James Johnston, a high-ranking Federal Aviation Administration official in Washington, predicted the fear and confusion.
“Due to the possibility of public concern regarding DOD [Department of Defense] aircraft flying at low levels, coordination with federal, state and local law-enforcement agencies, emergency-operations centers and aviation units has been accomplished,” the e-mail said.
http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaAirFarceOne.htm