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Chris Gorman's avatar

This is fascinating and further cements why no sane person who has read a smattering of the CIA's history should ever trust what it does or its methods. It is a rogue agency in the truest sense of the word.

Susan Daniels's avatar

They had Osama bin Laden on their payroll from 1978 to 1998 and tried to lure him back into the fold in 2001 when they had a $5 million reward for his capture. They always knew where he was. A pox on Bush, Rumsfeld and Panetta.

Susan Daniels's avatar

Keep at it, Jack. You will get there. It took Michelangelo three years to chip away enough marble to create the statue of David, and he wasn't fighting the CIA, FBI and NSTB. It'll take you longer, but tenacity guarantees a win.

Rick Janes's avatar

Truth involves facts, not fabrications like magic bullets or, in TWA 800’s case, magic fuel tanks.

Truth is also extremely durable: it has no statute of limitations.

Roseann's avatar

Well spoken—thank you

W. A. Samuel's avatar

I suppose the passage of time is the CIA’s best friend. Jack Cashill sure isn’t. But as the author notes in these comments, what is the U.S. Navy’s role and response to all this obfuscation ?? There must be records of all the U.S. Navy ships equipped with surface-to-air missiles within a 15-25 miles radius of the detonation.

Gerald Thibeaut's avatar

I listened to one caller account after another from am770 WABC New York describing the same thing from my car radio in Michigan that night. Something that resembled a missile streaked across the sky and struck Flight 800 resulting in an explosion and the airliner breaking apart and falling into the ocean. Why was a coverup necessary?

W. A. Samuel's avatar

I suppose the passage of time is the CIA’s best friend. Jack Cashill sure isn’t. But as the author notes in these comments, what is the U.S. Navy’s role and response to all this obfuscation ?? There must be records of all the U.S. Navy ships equipped with surface-to-air missiles within a 15-25 miles radius of the detonation.

GalleG's avatar

Why would a naval vessel be shooting a missile into commercial airspace to begin with? How could they make such a horrendous mistake? And yes. I concur. Examine their records per FOIA.

Grape Soda's avatar

Holy cow. I thought I was cynical enough, but apparently not.

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Grape Soda's avatar

Some of your questions aren’t pertinent. As much as you might want to know certain details, like what kind of missile, it’s neither here nor there to the central question. As for evidence in the plane itself, if any, no one was let near the wreckage except those controlling the investigation. Sure, eyewitnesses are unreliable. But in your example, they fail to see what is there, rather than making something up that isn’t.