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    You're Not Leaving on that Jet Plane

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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    05/11/09

    In reply to Military Almost Sent Another Terror Plane Today
    Fly, over.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    05/11/09

    In reply to Military Almost Sent Another Terror Plane Today
    This all part of a desensitization project. By this time next year there will be MiGs flying down Broadway at 100 feet and no one will even look up from texting in a sighting of LiLo.
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    Image of alorsenfants alorsenfants
    05/11/09

    In reply to Military Almost Sent Another Terror Plane Today
    It's sunny up there today?


    Man -- my day off, and down here, weather is... what, should I just go and move to Oregon? Cause it wouldn't be any different!


    This weather report sponsored by: U.S. Scare --

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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    05/11/09

    @alorsenfants: Yes it's a beeeyootiful day here in NYC. Nice and crisp in the mid 60s and not a cloud in the sky. Or what I can see of the sky from my window. I face another building and can kind of get a glimpse of sky in the reflection if the sun is hitting the windows just so. Yup, a glorious day!
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    05/11/09

    In reply to Military Almost Sent Another Terror Plane Today
    This is nothing. I had to endure 2 black helicopters on what seemed to be a major manhunt on Friday night. The copters are straight out of Enemy Of The State.


    Do we ever hear about WHY this was going on? nothing. zip.

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    Image of ljnd2 ljnd2
    05/11/09

    @Cheap Shot: If that was in Brooklyn, it's because some drunk guy flipped his car into the Gowanus. [gothamist.com]
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    05/11/09

    @Cheap Shot:


    But it looks like they didn't catch up with you.

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    Image of cdmunch cdmunch
    05/11/09

    @Smitros: They had some guy knifing people on Clinton and Houston and the helicopters were around for a while. I forget if it was Friday, but I think Gothamist reported it (which is rare, those helicopters are always buzzing Avenue D looking at people).
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    05/11/09

    @ljnd2: Oh man! I knew it had something to do with the water, just wasn't sure if it was the east river or not. Thanks!
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    05/11/09

    @Smitros: Still, light's flasjing into your living room is enough to harsh your mellow!
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    05/11/09

    @cdmunch:


    Oy! Bad stabby man!

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/11/09

    In reply to Military Almost Sent Another Terror Plane Today
    Sully would zoom by on the back of a pegasus, wearing nothing but the Orin.
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    Image of El Matardillo El Matardillo
    05/11/09

    In reply to Military Almost Sent Another Terror Plane Today
    They were just lining up to practice some landings at the newly-christened Scully International Airport.
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    Image of El Matardillo El Matardillo
    05/11/09

    @El Matardillo: The truth is out there.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    04/29/09

    In reply to Feds Knew Flying a 747 Through NYC Would Be Terrifying and Still Kept It a Secret
    You know, I thought this was a stupid, stupid blunder on the part of the DOD, FAA and the executive in general at first as well.


    The more I think about it though, the more unlikely it seems that this was an accident.


    I'm starting to think this was a stress test of some kind. How much can we (meaning the upper executive branch) get our various underlings to keep quiet, and for how long? Can we get the police and city governments to keep something major from leaking, and for how long? How much hysteria and bedlam are they going to put up with before releasing information about what's really happening?


    I really, really hate to go down the conspiracy theorist road, but the idea that this many people in positions of authority were criminally retarded...it seems much more likely they're just conniving and evil.

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    Image of The One The One
    04/29/09

    @Aidan_: Or maybe you're just kinda nuts.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/29/09

    @Aidan_: "Stress Test"? Alex Jones, is that you?


    As for how long people can keep "quiet", if we believe people like Alex, they have kept 9/11 under wraps and from leaking for over 7 years so far. B/c you know the thousands of people it would have taken to wire buildings/collapse them/etc... can all EASILY keep a secret.

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    Image of Gawd Gawd
    04/28/09

    In reply to Feds Knew Flying a 747 Through NYC Would Be Terrifying and Still Kept It a Secret


    Best video that captures the general reaction and fear, raw video/sound so it adds to the feel.

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    Image of Gawd Gawd
    04/28/09

    @Gawd: My bad... repost... didn't see it Gawker's till now.
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    Image of Krashstar Krashstar
    04/28/09

    @Gawd: That's still some scary shit. I was busy being really amused by the kerfuffle, and the slamming on the Gummint, and all that.


    But then I saw this, and thought no, this was actually very fucked up wrong, and that fighter plane only made the situation look worse.


    And yes, that twatwaffle from the FAA does deserve a swift kick in the dick.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/29/09

    @Gawd: Yeah, nothing more humorous than watching people over in NJ(video was shot in Jersey City) run TOWARDS the massive Goldman Sachs building as a plane approaches. I still say that video was staged to put on you tube. Who runs AT the thing the plane might hit?
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    Image of Btwbfdimho Btwbfdimho
    04/28/09

    In reply to Feds Knew Flying a 747 Through NYC Would Be Terrifying and Still Kept It a Secret
    it took me 5 minutes and zero gallons of kerosene to produce this stupid picture.


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    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    04/29/09

    @Btwbfdimho: That cracked me up. Thanks.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/29/09

    @Btwbfdimho: Is that Hot Air Balloon One about to dock with the Statue of Liberty?
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    04/28/09

    In reply to Feds Knew Flying a 747 Through NYC Would Be Terrifying and Still Kept It a Secret
    If you're a mid-level bureaucrat-drone, a "terrifying secret" is the most irresistible kind to keep to yourself. What a pack of idiots.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    04/28/09

    In reply to Feds Knew Flying a 747 Through NYC Would Be Terrifying and Still Kept It a Secret
    I think it's time to fire all the professional Democrats (the Clintonistas) brought in by Rahm, and Rahm, too. The substance is there; the image people are going to bring him down, Manchurian-style) on behalf of the only Dem they really have loyalty for. Massive fucking fail.


    Get your head in the game, Barry, you're being fucked over. Prosecute the torturers, up to and including Rice and Cheney, get rid of the wire-tapping bullshit, ram a comprehensive healthcare solution through congress and leave the photo ops for Congress.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/28/09

    In reply to Feds Knew Flying a 747 Through NYC Would Be Terrifying and Still Kept It a Secret
    And the reason that this photo opp had to happen on an early Monday get-to-work time and not on a weekend? With some notice?
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    Image of faaap faaap
    04/28/09

    In reply to Feds Knew Flying a 747 Through NYC Would Be Terrifying and Still Kept It a Secret
    if bush had done this there would have been a two day seven city synchronized protest of people chanting variations of 'Keep Your Airforce Out Of My Airspace!!!' instead, it's more of a "dude...the fuck..."
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    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    04/29/09

    @faaap: Obama wasn't responsible for this any more than Bush would have been if he were in office at the time. Despite the title, the President isn't the boss of EVERYTHING. Overseeing photo ops of Air Force One are not part of his job functions, and Obama denied previous knowledge of the mission. I didn't like Bush, but I wouldn't have blamed him if this had happened under his office any more than I blame Obama.
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    Image of cdmunch cdmunch
    04/28/09

    In reply to Feds Knew Flying a 747 Through NYC Would Be Terrifying and Still Kept It a Secret
    I read somewhere that the gov't makes money by selling souvenir photos of Air Force One in various locales. So this was basically done so they could slap that picture on coffee mugs? And, like many people have asked before, where were the cameras?
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    Image of Gonkette Gonkette
    04/28/09

    @cdmunch: Photographers were probably flying along in the military escort planes, wouldn't you think?
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    04/28/09

    @Gonkette: Although it's probably true that the AF1 plane was photographed from the F-16, that isn't the best and most stable platform from which to shoot postcard quality photos.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/29/09

    @Tart of Darkness: Actually, when testing planes, they fly "chase jets", which are decked out with all sorts of photo equipment. They do this as regular planes can't keep up. Also, the SR-71 can take a photo with resolution to read your license plate while flying mach 2 on the edge of space.
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    Image of OrneryBabe OrneryBabe
    04/28/09

    In reply to Feds Knew Flying a 747 Through NYC Would Be Terrifying and Still Kept It a Secret
    I'm curious about just what they think people would have done if they were informed. Would we have foiled the fiendish plot somehow?
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    04/28/09

    @OrneryBabe: Oh, I dunno, one of the greatest symbols of the American government, flying over one of the greatest symbols of America... yeah, what did they think anybody would do??


    The VC-25s' movements (there are two of them) are generally kept secret. This wasn't some exception.

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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    04/28/09

    @badasscat: Also, let me point out again that I think the flyover was a stupid idea. But keeping it secret wasn't the problem. The problem was doing it in the first place.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    04/28/09

    @OrneryBabe: Knowing you, you would probably all go out and stand in front of the statue of Liberty and block the view.
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    Image of OrneryBabe OrneryBabe
    04/28/09

    @badasscat: I get your point. Had the FAA issued an alert, say, an hour or two before the flyover, I doubt that even the never-ending layers of terrorists on 24 would have been able to mobilize forces by then to effectuate an attack. @Tart of Darkness: Sigh. I guess my reputation precedes me.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    04/28/09

    @OrneryBabe: I kinda meant "all of you" not just you personally. But I'm also not exempting you personally. ;)
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