[lbo-talk] White House fiction writers

[Brad DeLong]

>[these mofo's will lie about anything]
>
>Reuters [via Washington Post] - December 2, 2003
>
>Pilots Didn't Radio Air Force One, Airline Says
>
>British Airways said yesterday that none of its pilots made contact 
>with President Bush's plane during its secret flight to Baghdad on 
>Thanksgiving, contradicting White House reports of a midair exchange 
>that nearly prompted Bush to call off his trip. Honor Verrier, a 
>spokeswoman for British Airways in North America, said two British 
>Airways aircraft were in the area at the time and neither radioed 
>the president's plane to ask if it was Air Force One.
>
>"We have spoken to the British Airways captains who were in the area 
>at the time and neither made comments to Air Force One nor did they 
>hear any other aircraft make the statement over the radio," Verrier 
>said.
>
>The White House had no immediate comment on the discrepancy.
>
>Bush aides recounted last week that a British Airways pilot thought 
>he spotted the president's blue and white Boeing 747 from his 
>cockpit.
>
>"Did I just see Air Force One?" the pilot radioed, according to the 
>White House.
>
>Air Force One responded: "Gulfstream 5" -- a much smaller aircraft.
>
>As one of Bush's aides recounted, the British Airways pilot seemed 
>to sense he was in on a secret, and replied: "Oh."

But why?

Brad DeLong