National Security Invoked Re Navy Activity Near Flight 800
Well before radar data from the crash was publicly available, news stories discussed the possibility that a ship below Flight 800 could have been used as a platform for a missile launch. Within a week of the tragedy, a London Times article entitled 'Streak of Light' reports raise possibility of missile fired from ship contained speculation about just such a scenario. The Times reported that "FBI agents believe any missile must have been fired from a ship beneath the plane."(London Times, 7/23/96)
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Scene from CIA Video.
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Dear Major News Networks,
Flight 800 Independent Researchers Organization (FIRO)
Request for Equal Time Re TWA Flight 800
The last time a federal agency (the FBI) concluded its Flight 800 Investigation, you, the major news networks transmitted their message nationwide, unchecked and uncontested. The FBI's message came in the form of a CIA video, complete with dramatic music, professional narration, and state of the art animations.
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Ships and other radar targets in vicinity of TWA Flight 800.
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Letter to FBI: Ship Identities
Dear Director Schiliro:
As a concerned US citizen, I have been closely monitoring the federal investigation into the July 17, 1996 loss of TWA Flight 800. Nearly four years after the tragedy, secrecy continues to shroud the details of the FBI investigation. In May of 1999 I represented Flight 800 Independent Researchers Organization (FIRO) at the House Aviation Subcommittee's hearing on the reauthorization of the NTSB, where a report on the anomalies within the federal investigation was submitted into the written record.
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TWA Flight 800 and NTSB Protocol
After nearly four years, the federal investigation into TWA Flight 800 is coming to a close. In August, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) plans to release its final report on the incident, covering a federal investigation costing taxpayers approximately 40 million dollars. The June report will represent a long and expensive investigation, but will it have been thoroughly and properly compiled?
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The Consequences of Secrecy and Interagency Conflict: Undermining the Official Investigation intoTWA Flight 800
The search for the cause of the explosion of TWA Flight 800
on July 17, 1996 resulted
in the most extensive accident investigation in aviation history. The National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) began two separate investigations into the tragic and unexplained
accident. The FBI conducted a criminal
investigation that centered on suspicions that the explosion may have been
caused by sabotage. The NTSB investigation was structured in accordance with
guidelines specified in Chapter VIII, Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations that permit the active assistance of all parties involved in the
design and operation of the aircraft. The NTSB outlines their investigation
procedure as follows:
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