Re: Goodness. Those Bushies'll lie about anything, won't they.

Hey, Hopeless:  Still grasping for straws huh????

"Harry Hope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> From Reuters, 12/1/03:
>
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20031201/us_nm/bush_iraq_pilot_dc
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> White House Version of Mid-Air Exchange Disputed
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
>
> British Airways said on Monday that none of its pilots made contact
> with President Bush's plane during its secret flight to Baghdad,
> contradicting White House reports of a mid-air exchange that nearly
> prompted Bush to call off his trip.
>
> Honor Verrier, a spokeswoman for British Airways in North America,
> said two BA 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 in response to a question from Reuters.
>
> The White House had no immediate comment on the discrepancy.
>
> Bush aides recounted with excitement last week the moment during the
> flight to Baghdad when they said a BA 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.
>
> There was a pause.
>
> Then came the response from Air Force One: "Gulfstream 5" -- a much
> smaller aircraft.
>
> As one of Bush's aides recounted, the BA pilot seemed to sense that he
> was in on a secret, and replied:
>
> "Oh."
>
> The exchange was one of the most suspenseful moments during Bush's
> secret flight to Baghdad, according to the White House.
>
> With three hours to go, Bush had the Secret Service check if his
> mission was still secret.
>
> "They assured me that there was still a tight hold on the information,
> that conditions on the ground were as positive as positive could be,"
> he said afterward.
>
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> It must be ole Karl Rove puttin' the James Bond spin on this.
>
> Harry
>
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