White House Keeping NYC Flyover Pics Under Wraps
The White House hopes not.
The photos of Air Force One's low flyover of Manhattan will not be released, CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller confirms.
The operation, carried out by the Defense Department and designed to capture one of the president's planes near national landmarks like the Statue of Liberty, sent panicked New Yorkers rushing from their office buildings April 27, fearful of a terrorist attack reminiscent of 9/11.
But now the photo-op will apparently yield no photos. The New York Post first reported the White House's plans to keep the pictures under wraps, citing an unnamed administration official as saying "we have no plans to release them."
The operation, which included an accompanying Air Force jet fighter, cost $328,000.
Mr. Obama was reportedly furious over the incident and ordered an internal review.