Obama Refuses to Release Pictures of Air Force One Flying Through New York

Posted by CrabbyCon on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 · 1 Comment

So instead – I have put together a compilation of photo-ops from the day’s events.

I also would like to add that this is some of the transparency we can continue to expect from the Obama administration. “It’s a new day, it’s a new dawn and I’m feeling goooooood.”

“We have no plans to release them,” an aide to President Obama told The Post, refusing to comment further.

The sole purpose of the secret photo-op, which sent thousands of New Yorkers running for cover, was to take new publicity shots of the presidential jet over the city.

“The photos . . . are classified — that’s ridiculous,” Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., said.

New Yorkers said they could not understand how a president who shares intimate snapshots from the White House could justify classifying these.

“So we’re not gonna see the fruits of this cruel joke?” said Frank Antonelli, 39, one of the Wall Street traders spooked by last week’s flyover.

“I’m not surprised. Obama . . . wouldn’t further all the bad publicity by putting out those pictures.”