Obama: Flyover a "Mistake"

UPDATE, April 28, 2009: Obama orders review of New York City flyover

President Barack Obama has ordered an internal review to determine how the decision was made to send of one of his official airplanes on a low-flying photo op past the New York City skyline.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that deputy chief of staff Jim Messina will lead the review. Gibbs said the point is to determine "why that decision was made and to ensure that it never happens again."

Gibbs said Obama was "furious" when he heard about the incident.

...Gibbs said that the review would likely take about a week or so to complete. He said he would have to confer with White House lawyers before answering a question about whether the results would be made public.

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After Obama made some remarks to press as he prepared to meet with FBI Director Robert Mueller at agency headquarters, he attempted to avoid answering any questions.

That's understandable. Obama likes to control what he says and when he says it.

In this case however, the press demanded an answer even though Obama tried in vain to dodge their questions. "No! No, questions."

Reporters wanted to know his thoughts about the photo op flyover that traumatized thousands of New Yorkers.

Transcript

BARACK OBAMA: Uh... it was a mistake, as was, uh, as was stated. Uh, it was something, uh, we found out about, uh, along with all of you. And, uh, it will not happen again.

What? No apology to all those panicked by the low flying planes?

Obama is cold.