re: #134 Walter L. Newton

Well, we know it wasn’t Chimpybush, don’t we. Or would you like to expound on that? :()

Apparently, the info about the flight was not passed on to the mayor:

Angry that an unnamed but “dumb” city official failed to notify him of the Pentagon’s plans, Bloomberg said a flyover so close to Ground Zero was insensitive and showed “poor judgement.”

He said the first he knew of it was when his BlackBerry began buzzing.

It “defies the imagination,” said Bloomberg, who insisted he would have tried to stop the shoot had he known about it.

The shoot and training mission was planned by the White House military office:

CBS 2 has learned the jets were part of a Department of Defense photo shoot and that there was no threat to the city.

The head of the White House Military Office issued an apology just after 4:30 p.m.

CBS 2 has learned the jets were part of a Department of Defense photo shoot and that there was no threat to the city.

“Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision. While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it’s clear that the mission created confusion and disruption. I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused,” Director Louis Caldera said in a statement.