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FAA Memo: Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause Panic
SeeBS ^ | 4/28/09

Posted on 04/28/2009 2:44:15 PM PDT by Crazieman

Threatened Federal Sanctions Against NYPD, Secret Service, FBI & Mayor's Office If Secret Ever Got Out

Furious Obama Apologizes: "It Will Never Happen Again"

A furious President Barack Obama ordered an internal review of Monday's low-flying photo op over the Statue of Liberty.

CBS 2 HD has discovered the feds will have plenty to question.

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 CBS 2 HD 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.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: af1; airforceone; bho44; bhoairforceone; bhusseinobama; chairmanmaobama; corruption; democrats; faa; faamemo; feds; felonystupidity; flyover; maobama; memo; newyork; newyorkcity; nyc; obama; obamatruthfile; panic
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To: April Lexington

It sure is. I have come to accept this fact.


101 posted on 04/28/2009 5:51:45 PM PDT by frankiep (Ron Paul was right)
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To: April Lexington

The more I think about this stunt the more enraged I get. This POS in the White House effectively TERRORIZED an entire city for the purpose of a PR photo.

And I don’t for one second buy this crap that he didn’t know that this was happening. It is Air Force friggin One!! HIS PLANE!! Are we really supposed to believe that the president of the United States would not know about not having his primary mode of transport available for a few hours? Bush was supposed to know about the daily actions of individual lower enlisted soldiers at Abu Ghraib, but Obama doesn’t know when someone takes his friggin plane out for a joyride with a couple of F-16s??? This guy is just unbelievable.

This needs to be investigated. This CANNOT be forgotten.


102 posted on 04/28/2009 5:59:27 PM PDT by frankiep (Ron Paul was right)
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To: frankiep

Videos New Yorkers took of AF1 buzzing NY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn0tMMYEkQU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TPjJ4PXXMc&feature=player_embedded


103 posted on 04/28/2009 6:01:47 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: Crazieman

It was a terrorist attack. Why? It was reasonably foreseeable that such a flight would cause a mass panic — terror — in NYC. Therefore it is an act malum se. A crime. It was a terrorist attack on Manhattan ordered by the White House.


104 posted on 04/28/2009 6:03:15 PM PDT by bvw
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To: Crazieman

So where is the memo?


105 posted on 04/28/2009 6:16:18 PM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (...but, it was already impossible to say which was which.)
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To: Yosemitest
I posted on another thread that I felt Obama was punking Wall Street.

Obama is dangerously childish and vindictive, as we have seen in every case, and Wall Street has been squirming to get out from under his thumb.

Look what happened when Cheney demanded that the rest of the interrogation memos be released - within 24 hours, Obama went from "no prosecutions, let's look forward" to prosecutions on unspecified enemies of Obama, and thousands of abu grabass pictures released while our mission - and I'm sure ROE's - is strictly "winning hearts and minds" as we move out of Iraq.

Terrorizing New York was just another reminder what happens to the pharaoh from the ghetto's "children" if they cross him.

No way in hell he doesn't know where his plane is.

106 posted on 04/28/2009 6:21:49 PM PDT by 4woodenboats ("Oh, those silly pilots, I thought they were just joking about taking my plane for a joy ride".)
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To: Crazieman

You just can’t make this stuff up.


107 posted on 04/28/2009 6:25:12 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Crazieman

Why NOT keep it all secret? Why would the Fed.gov trust Americans with that info? We don’t even have an American as President!


108 posted on 04/28/2009 6:29:50 PM PDT by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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To: Malsua
Add to it the fact a day before they declared a National Health Emergency, or whatever (and I don't necessarily disagree with the need for that) but the timing seemed so reminiscent of 2001- 9/11 then anthrax. On top of that, the worst financial crisis in decades... Not only stupid stunt, but bad timing too. The thing that makes sense to me is: a joy ride for officials or contributors. If pictures, they could have done it on a day with no workers and told everyone. There is something here they are hiding. Most probable, IMO? Obama using AF1 for "personal" reasons- friends, family or monied people.
109 posted on 04/28/2009 6:55:53 PM PDT by PghBaldy (Patient Zero, AKA Obama, GOLFS while Mexican Flu crosses the Earth.)
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110 posted on 04/28/2009 7:02:25 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: Momto2

My mom did not know it was one of the Presidential planes, until Rush today. It is like we are in NK the way the news is not covered by so many sources.


111 posted on 04/28/2009 7:03:07 PM PDT by PghBaldy (Patient Zero, AKA Obama, GOLFS while Mexican Flu crosses the Earth.)
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To: library user

And deeper.


112 posted on 04/28/2009 7:17:34 PM PDT by newhouse
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah

“A terrorized population on edge will give up its rights faster...”

Sure seems as though Obama is laying the groundwork for a dictatorship.

Add it up, folks!

Large National Guard deployments from Red states so no one is here to defend the defenseless...puposefully making contradictory statements on an ongoing basis to cause confusion (Tavistock Profiling)...terrorizing citizens after threatening local authorities into obedience by not forewarning the populace...

This man is another Joseph Stalin. He will not hesitate to kill in order to advance his agenda. Any guesses as to what his ultimate agenda may be?

Remember what Obama said - “...I’ll stick with the Muslims”!


113 posted on 04/28/2009 7:34:11 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: Crazieman

This was a dirty lowdown prank by the juvenile delinquents in the Obama administration—the WORST administration in American history.


114 posted on 04/28/2009 7:49:20 PM PDT by Palladin (Waterboard Nancy Pelosi!)
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To: SatinDoll
Sure seems as though Obama is laying the groundwork for a dictatorship.

The sadistic SOB is laughing at us under his breath.
115 posted on 04/28/2009 7:55:46 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts
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To: Palladin

As I said yesterday.. This administration needs to be put on Ritalin.


116 posted on 04/28/2009 7:57:00 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts
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To: Malsua

“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”

What about the scared-shitless lemmings at all these agencies who did not reveal “The Secret”???

Whom are they serving? The NYC and other taxpayers who pay their salaries, or the Messiah Obama, The Grand Poobah Axelrod, and the Evil Consort Emmanu-el?


117 posted on 04/28/2009 8:01:06 PM PDT by Palladin (Waterboard Nancy Pelosi!)
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To: keepitreal

This is Obama’s version of the Clintons’ sick game of letting their closest buddies jump on the Lincoln bed.

Obama and Company are saying FU to every American taxpeyer with these antics.


118 posted on 04/28/2009 8:04:19 PM PDT by Palladin (Waterboard Nancy Pelosi!)
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To: Palladin

Whom are they serving? The NYC and other taxpayers who pay their salaries, or the Messiah Obama, The Grand Poobah Axelrod, and the Evil Consort Emmanu-el?

What call sign was AF1 using? They only use AF1 when the prez is on board.


119 posted on 04/28/2009 9:04:06 PM PDT by katiekins1 (I Bow to No One)
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To: Momto2

I happened to catch part of Leno’s monologue and he was joking about how the “government” stupidly sent a “747” over New York. He never mentioned it was Air Force One or connected it to the White House in any way. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised the lengths these people go to to cover for Obama, but it’s still frustrating.


120 posted on 04/28/2009 9:14:32 PM PDT by chickpundit (Palin '12)
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