Random Thoughts

Let’s keep it secret until they panic…

You just can’t make this stuff up.

Feds knew flyover would cause NYC panic.

Federal officials knew that sending two fighter jets and a 747 from the presidential fleet 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.

…The flight by the VC-25, a modified Boeing Co. 747, and two F-16 fighter jets cost $328,835, Air Force spokeswoman Vicki Stein said.

H/T Right Voices.

Your tax dollars at work. I wonder who will be paying for the treatment of PTSD throughout Manhattan caused by that little stunt?

As Fausta points out with her inimitable wit,

Scaring the crap out of thousands of New Yorkers on a Monday morning is priceless. There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else, there’s government.