Okay, I'll admit to being a tad obsessed with the missing Governor Sanford story. It sure beats Jon & Kate. Late this afternoon, the plot thickened again. Here's a new twist from WYFF, the NBC affilate in Greenville, South Carolina:
On Tuesday, sources told News 4's Nigel Robertson that a state vehicle is missing and was tracked down, not to the Appalachian Trail, but to the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta.Someone has some explaining to do. This is going to be one doozy of a press conference -- when, and if, Sanford ever returns.
Sources told Robertson that a federal agent spotted Sanford in the airport boarding a plane. Robertson was told that the governor was not accompanied by security detail.
Sanford has been out of reach for more than four days, including Father's Day.
Sawyer has emphasized that the governor was hiking on the Appalachian Trail and that it wasn't something the staff or Jenny Sanford were concerned about.
But sources told WYFF News 4 that the federal agent who spotted Sanford saw him at the Atlanta airport, which is about 80 miles from the start of the trail.
WYFF News 4 has not yet confirmed where the plane was going or how the governor got to the airport, but it is clear there are two very different stories.
News 4 called the governor's office, and was told again by staffers that they stand by their original statement that the governor is hiking the Appalachian Trail. They did not want to comment on this story.
And, it's probably not a good thing when another station has this as its question-of-the-day:
The question is, should the governor be able to take a vacation without communicating with his staff and leaving someone else in charge?I might have added that he didn't communicate with his wife and kids either.
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