The anatomy of Mayor Bloomberg’s 2 a.m. presser

At 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, tuxedo-clad New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, fresh from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., spoke to the media about the thwarted car bomb attack in Times Square. According to The Wall Street Journal , Bloomberg was briefed on the attack during the dinner, but chose to stay to hear President Obama’s speech. When the dinner ended around 11 p.m., the mayor skipped the Vanity Fair after-party and instead headed to the airport, where…

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