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Flyover 'Red Flags' Get News Orgs Poking Around

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 29, 2009 1:57 PM CDT
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(Newser) – At least one news organization may file a Freedom of Information Act request, demanding the manifest for Monday’s Air Force One flight over New York, according to the American Spectator’s anonymous “Prowler”—who relays suspicions that civilians or a high-level administration official was on board. “This is a bigger deal than the White House is letting on, and there are some nervous people there,” an anonymous insider says.

The basis for this suspicion: The man who authorized the flight, White House Military Office director Louis Caldera, has a reputation for courting big campaign donors. Because the flight was a training mission, only Air Force personnel were supposed to be on the plane. “From the get-go, this was a top secret operation,” the source adds, “which raises a whole bunch of red flags.”

Dark clouds hang over Air Force One, carrying President Barack Obama, as it arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after a trip to Iowa last week.
Dark clouds hang over Air Force One, carrying President Barack Obama, as it arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after a trip to Iowa last week.   (AP Photo)
In this image taken with a cell phone, the primary presidential aircraft flies low over New York Harbor, followed by an F-16 chase plane during a federal government photo op on Monday.
In this image taken with a cell phone, the primary presidential aircraft flies low over New York Harbor, followed by an F-16 chase plane during a federal government photo op on Monday.   (AP Photo)
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kokuaguy
Apr 29, 2009 10:45 AM CDT
And let's make sure we get our hands on that top secret birth certificate while we're at it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
New York City • Freedom of Information Act • rumor • Boeing 747 • speculation • Obama administration • Air Force One • President Obama • Louis Caldera • campaign donors

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