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N.Y. flyby called 'felony stupidity'

A former Homeland Security adviser today blasted the White House Military Office's photo shoot that sent a low-flying Boeing 747 over Manhattan, accusing the office's director of "felony stupidity." Fran Townsend, who advised President George W. Bush for more than three years, spoke the day after a YouTube video showed panicked New Yorkers -- reminded of 9/11 -- scrambling as the plane, tailed by its F-16 escort, screamed overhead.

 

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