Photo Flap

The secret flyover of New York by Air Force One, intended as a photo op, terrified thousands of New Yorkers who feared a replay of 9/11.

Barack Obama says he didn't know beforehand of this. That's is certainly plausible, since you'd like to think the president doesn't micromanage such matters.

But that doesn't absolve Obama, or senior administration figures, from responsibility.

Louis Caldera heads the White House Military Office. It serves an important function, since it coordinates the military units that assist the president. George Bush made the position, previously a political one, into a professional one held by an active-duty admiral given the enhanced security needs post 9/11.

Obama instead filled the position with a political appointee, presumably to reward a supporter. And in return, we shouldn't be surprised his appointee sought ways to make Obama look good with a photo op.

Terrifying New Yorkers, and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, is what we get from this "change" by the Obama administration.