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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Richard S who wrote (503446)12/4/2003 8:22:16 AM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (4) of 769667
 
BUSH LIES DEPT. -- Latest on the Air Force One Tall Tale

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.'"

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."

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. 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."

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