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To: Bucky Katt who wrote (16046)12/3/2003 11:26:09 PM
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As White House Changes Story, British Airways Refutes Bush Story of Pilot
Sighting

In his trip to Baghdad, President Bush said he would have immediately turned
around had his cover been blown. In trying to play up the secrecy and dangerous
nature of the trip, Bush's aides said that a British Airways pilot spotted the
president's plane, radioing, "Did I just see Air Force One?" The White House
said Air Force One responded: "Gulfstream 5" - a code word to disguise the
plane - and the British Airways pilot "seemed to sense he was in on a secret and
replied 'Oh.'"1

But now it appears the story was a complete fabrication, designed only to hype
the story. According to Reuters, "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."2

Making things worse, the White House revised its story after revelations of the
distortion. The White House now says "it had left the wrong impression" and that
actually the conversation took place between Air Force One and the airport
tower in London.3 But again, British Airways refuted this tale, with a spokesman
for the company telling media "that none of its pilots has come forward to
acknowledge either making or overhearing the purported conversation."4

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