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04-27-2009 | 03:32 PM

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GRDHound

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From a security standpoint, I wouldn't want people (i.e. potentially bad guys) to know that this was going to be happening. I agree with the Air Force. The people will get over this in about two seconds.

If it's a security issue then maybe they shouldn't do it for a photo op. Use photo shop and save my tax money!

04-27-2009 | 04:00 PM

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If it's a security issue then maybe they shouldn't do it for a photo op. Use photo shop and save my tax money!

Yes - it is a security issue. If we can't have our Presidential Aircraft fly by our Statue of Liberty for a photo op - then the terrorists really did already win didn't they?

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04-27-2009 | 04:15 PM

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People of New York City can answer you on this one. It was stupid, and shouldn't have been done period.

04-27-2009 | 04:16 PM

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Yes - it is a security issue. If we can't have our Presidential Aircraft fly by our Statue of Liberty for a photo op - then the terrorists really did already win didn't they?

USMCFLYR

You can't really be serious about trying to defend the Air Force on this one.

They are going to take a lot of heat, and deservedly so.

This is not a security issue. It is a (lack of) public relations issue.

04-27-2009 | 04:22 PM

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The President CAN and WILL do alot of things that not everyone will agree with.

04-27-2009 | 04:29 PM

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People of New York City can answer you on this one. It was stupid, and shouldn't have been done period.

It wasn't stupid. I wonder if it is the first fly-by of the SOL since 9-11? I bet you that it is not.

04-27-2009 | 04:32 PM

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The President CAN and WILL do alot of things that not everyone will agree with.

My guess is that the President had nothing to do with this.

It was a photo op for an FAA video.

04-27-2009 | 06:16 PM

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Yes - I am absolutely defending the SECURITY portion of why advance **warning** to the public wasn't provided. So....you don't see a security issue with telling the whole world that a B-747 (and not just any B-747) is going to be flying circles at low level? Am I defending the AF or the White House or whomever? I don't know - I said it was a security issue. I also said that if we have come to a point that we can't have a photo op then the terrorists really have won.
It seems that the White House has already given an apology. It may have been a public relations blunder, but the security issue was necessary IMO.

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04-27-2009 | 07:07 PM

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You can't really be serious that it isn't a security issue. It should be quite obvious why you wouldn't be blatantly advertising this photo op publicly. I highly doubt that the AF/government didn't expect some sort of stink would be raised by the public who witnessed the fly-by, but that potential for a small public outcry was justifiably decided not a large enough factor to outweigh the issue of maintaining a secure environment in which to operate this special aircraft.

I expect that the 'concerned' public will have forgotten all about it very quickly.

04-27-2009 | 07:13 PM

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There was NO reason to do this. Computer Graphics could have save A LOT of gas. I think the "carbon footprint" for this flight kicked us all in the @ss.