Did president approve buzzing New York?
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | April 30, 2009 | Andrea Shea King



An Air Force officer who served in the Clinton White House and for  
two years carried the "nuclear football" briefcase of codes says it's  
almost certain that the "highest levels" of the Obama administration  
knew about and approved this week's stunt in which Air Force One  
buzzed New York City.


Retired Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson served in Clinton's White House from  
1996 to 1998 and was responsible for the president's "emergency  
satchel," the black bag of nuclear codes that accompanies the  
president at all times.


He wrote "Reckless Disregard" and "Dereliction of Duty" after his  
retirement from the military.


During an interview on "The Andrea Shea King Show" last night, he  
said, "I can't imagine that anyone who works in the Air Force thought  
that was a good idea. I have worked in the White House and having  
worked for the Military Office, with the guys at Andrews Air Force  
Base and the ground crews, that (decision) had to come down from on  
high." Among the procedures with which he became familiar during his  
work with Clinton were those involving the preparation of the  
president's 747 jet for flight.


"It defies my belief that the White House staff did not know they  
were launching the 747 to go up and do this. So it had to come down  
from the White House. It wouldn't have been done on behalf of the  
folks at Andrews (Air Force Base). It would have been done at the  
direction of the White House," he said.


Patterson said the low-flying escapade over Manhattan clearly was not  
an oversight.


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