Feds Knew That NYC Fly Over Would Cause Panic And Ordered the NYPD to Remain Silent

  One of the things that bothered the hell out of me is how could the administration not understand that buzzing low flying planes over the Statue of Liberty and Ground Zero would cause New Yorkers to panic in the streets, and now we have our answer. They DID know, they just didn’t care.

  According to this article the FAA realized that the maneuver might cause panic in New York but that they ordered the NYPD, FBI, Secret Service, and they mayor’s office (this makes me wonder if Bloomberg did know about the plans and was feigning outrage, but I don’t think he knew) to silence and threatened them with sanctions if the story was leaked.

  One is left to wonder what was really going on here. Why did the administration need a new file photo? This story just doesn’t sound right, there has to be more to it than this. I understand that there had to be some secrecy in order to prevent an attack on the plane but why could there not have been a warning issued shortly before the event took place? Why was public panic an acceptable result of the fly over?

  There is something fishy here, there are many questions that need to be answered. I hope that the media is up to the task but I don’t think that they are.