by Jack Cashill
14.Document cached at TWA Flight 800: The Impossible Zoom Climb, raylahr.entryhost.com/“CIA records released to Tom Stalcup,” Court Ordered releases, CIA: May 13, 2008, 8–13.
15.CIA documents cached at TWA Flight 800: The Impossible Zoom Climb, raylahr.entryhost.com, “CIA records released to Tom Stalcup,” records 76–101.
16.FBI New York Office Press Release, November 18, 1997, http://www.lchr.org/a/11/j/fbitwa.htm.
17.Transcript, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aviation, July 10, 1997.
18.Ibid.
NINETEEN: THE SMOKING GUN
1.CIA documents cached at TWA Flight 800: The Impossible Zoom Climb, raylahr.entryhost.com, “CIA records released to Tom Stalcup,” records 26–50.
2.Ibid.
3.Ibid.
4.Dan Barry, “Is That a Missile? Snapshot on Night of Air Crash Turns Hot,” New York Times, August 26, 1996, http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/26/nyregion/is-that-a-missile-snapshot-on-night-of-air-crash-turns-hot.html.
5.TWA Flight 800, NTSB docket materials, DCA-96-MA070, August 2000, Exhibit 4A, appendix C.
6.NTSB Witness Group Factual Report, October 16, 1997.
7.Michael Pitcher, “Fax Gives Glimpse of Crash Investigation,” Southampton Press, July 24, 1997, http://archive.southamptonpress.com/shpress/1997-3/97072408.htm.
8.Reed Irvine, “NTSB Destroys Incriminating Evidence,” Accuracy In Media, December 14, 2001, http://www.aim.org/publications/weekly_column/2001/12/14.html.
9.“The Cooperative Engagement Capability,” John Hopkins APL Technical Digest, November 1995. The illustration of the P-3 is on page 3of the Digest. http://www.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/td/td1604/APLteam.pdf.
10.David Hendrix, “Witnesses Boost Missile Theory,” Press-Enterprise, October 20, 1997, cached at http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/CRASH/TWA/AUDIO.html.
11.International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, “Analysis and Recommendations Regarding T.W.A. Flight 800,” https://twa800.sites.usa.gov/files/twa800/DCA96MA070/50470.pdf. See also twa800.com/iamaw/iamaw_submission.pdf.
12.Don Van Natta, “Fuel Tank’s Condition Makes Malfunction Seem Less Likely,” New York Times, August 14, 1996, http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/14/nyregion/fuel-tank-s-condition-makes-malfunction-seem-less-likely.html.
13.NTSB Aircraft Accident Report, In-flight breakup over the Atlantic Ocean, Trans World Airlines Flight 8Boeing 747-131, N93119, near East Moriches, New York, July 17, 1996 (Washington, DC: Diane Publishing, 2000), 273, http://bit.ly/1LqLGsX.
14.Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Stuart, 1799, http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Politics/thomasjefferson/jeff1600.htm.
15.Neil Genzlinger, “Leaving No Survivors but Many Questions,” New York Times, July 16, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/arts/television/twa-flight-800-examines-a-1996-tragedy.html?_r=0.
INDEX
A
ABC, 78, 107, 178, 181
ABC Entertainment, 78
ABC News, 77–78, 87, 129
Able Danger, 168
Accuracy in Media (AIM), 18, 32, 71, 81, 138, 146–47, 218
Achille Lauro, 89
Aegis system. See U.S. Navy: Aegis system
Against All Enemies (Clarke), 5, 163
Air Force One, 90, 201
Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), 28, 65, 115, 117, 188, 220
Air National Guard, 26, 47, 52, 68, 202
air traffic controllers, 21, 48, 95, 189
Air Transport Association (ATA), 20–21
All Too Human (Stephanopolous), 107
“Almost War, 1996, The,” 6, 105
American Airlines, 21
American Thinker, 196
“Analyst 1,” 33–37, 39, 72
Anderson, Claudia, 76
Angelides, Paul, 26–27, 56, 58, 71, 95
Angel of Montoursville, the, 87
Applied Research labs at University of Texas, 143
Ashcroft, John, 165, 167
Aspin, Les, 131
Associated Press, 13
Associated Retired Aviation Professionals, 29
Atlanta, Olympic games at, 89, 105, 129, 148, 155, 161, 220
At the Center of the Storm (Tenet), 107
aviation terror, 7, 88, 164
B
Babarovic, Tina, 77
Bacon, Ken, 22
Bakounis, Vassilis, 189–91
Barry, Dan, 101–2
Barry, Jim, 103–4
Barry, John, 129
Baur, Christian, 68–69, 202
Bayshore, Long Island, 45
Bellport Yacht Club, 48
Benghazi terrorist attacks, 124, 195–97
Berger, Sandy, 186, 194–95
with the Clintons on night of TWA 800 incident, 5–7
theft and destruction of documents from National Archives, 160–70
Birgenair Flight 301, 140
Black, George, 71
black boxes. See TWA 800
Blue River Blues, 17
Boeing, 27, 33, 76, 84, 90, 118, 149–50, 187
purchase of McDonnell Douglas, 149
bomb scenario, 73, 97, 99, 103, 128
Bongardt, Steven, 3
Book of Mormon, The, 195
Borjesson, Kristina, 80, 134, 188–90, 199, 222
Boston Globe, 89
Brachfeld, Paul, 162, 165–66
Branch, Taylor, 97–99, 105
Breistroff, Michel, 176–78
Breuer, Lanny, 166
Broadcast News Networks (BNN), 83, 87, 183
Brown, Larry, 177
Brumley, Dwight (a.k.a. Witness 32), 26–27, 53, 57–58, 66, 68, 71, 204
Brown, Ron, 159, 161
Brush Creek, 145
Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 160
Bulger, Whitey, 158
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), 49, 51, 102, 114
Burnett, Herman, 120–24
Bush, George H. W., 130–31
Bush, George W., 87, 109, 111, 164, 166, 167, 169
Bush Department of Justice, 167
Butler, Lee, 2–3
Butterfield, Alex, 62
C
Calverton (investigation site), 10, 102, 104, 110, 114–16, 118, 174, 184, 218
Cannuscio, Vincent, 214
Caproni, Valerie, 65, 154–55
Carlo (dog), 121–24
Carney, Jay, 195
cascading flame scenario, 28, 52, 58
Cashill, Jack
contact with Bob Woodward, 147
e-mail from “Sailor” 174
interview with Kosik, 192–93, 196
invited and then uninvited from The Point, 78–80
visit to the Sanderses’ home, 90
Caso, Russ, 169–70
CBS, 80, 134, 188
CBS News, 88, 183–84
Chambers, Whittaker, 19, 25
Charles, Roger, 129
China Lake, CA, 55
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 3, 5, 7, 18, 27–28, 31–40, 43, 53, 55–59, 61–62, 64–65, 67, 70, 72–73, 79, 94, 96–97, 99–100, 107–9, 111, 120, 128, 142, 147–50, 154–56, 159, 164–65, 168, 177–82, 188, 190–92, 197, 200–8, 213–17, 221
analysts adjusting witness testimonies to fit theories, 201–8
animation of the TWA 800 crash, 120, 147–51, 193, 200–1
intervention in investigation, 7
role in TWA 800 cover-up, 62–74
zoom climb scenario, 27–29, 39, 56–57, 59, 69–70, 73, 100, 108
Clark, John, 6, 148
Clarke, John, 106, 108, 162–63, 180, 201
Clarke, Richard, 5, 105, 108, 161–62
account of visiting investigation site, 109–11
Clary, Jack, 90
Clinton, Bill
attempt to sell peace and prosperity message, 103–4
and avoiding a “Greg Norman” crisis, 6–7, 99, 111
Fox News interview, 169–71
reelection of, 18–19
response to TWA 800 crash, 5�
��7, 106, 124, 131
and welfare bill, 103, 194
Clinton, Hillary
and the Department of Justice, 154
response to Benghazi attacks, 124, 194–97
Clinton Tapes, The (Branch), 98
CNBC, 89
CNN, 6, 13, 18, 20–21, 27–28, 64, 73, 78–82, 89, 99, 107, 123, 140, 143, 148, 155, 179–80, 182, 190–93, 195–98
cockpit voice recorder (CVR), 64, 140, 142, 150, 217
Condit, Gary, 78, 82
Connolly, John, 158
conspiracy theorists, conspiracists, 3, 11–12, 62, 76, 81, 93, 116–17, 156, 188, 201, 205
Cooper, Anderson, 197–98
Cooperative Engagement Capability missile test (CEC), 126, 219
Coordinating Security Group (CSG), 5
Countdown to Terror (Weldon), 168
Cray Supercomputers, 76
Creech, Kelly, 61
Crowe, William, 130–31, 186
Crowley, Candy, 195–96
Cuban Missile crisis, 129
Cyprus, 189
D
Daily Times, 170
Deadly Departure (Negroni), 13–14, 21, 155
Dealey Plaza, 61
Dean, Howard, 89
DeCaro, Ann (a.k.a. Witness 144), 45
Defense Department, 5, 22, 55, 154, 181
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 40, 53, 180–81, 205, 213
Delgado, Joseph (a.k.a. Witness 649), 42, 53–56, 59, 66–67, 71–72, 74, 200, 202, 205, 207, 214
use of telephone pole as reference point, 54
DeMille, Nelson, 90–91, 176
Democratic National Committee (DNC), 156
Democratic National Headquarters, 62
Democratic Party, 63
Department of Defense. See Defense Department
Department of Justice (DOJ), 6, 10–11, 62–63, 70, 102–3, 132, 153–55, 158, 162, 165, 167. See also Justice Department
Department of State. See State Department.
Deputy Director of Intelligence, 55
Dereliction of Duty (Patterson), 128
Deutch, John, 156
DeVecchio, R. Lindley, 157–58
Dickinson, Al, 185, 194
Dion, John, 162, 167
Dole, Bob, 103, 154
Dominican Republic, 140
Donaldson, William “Bill,” 29, 58, 67, 147, 171, 176
Doran, Mary, 3
Downing of TWA Flight 800, The (Sanders), 10, 127
Drudge, Matt, 147
Dutch Safety Board, 201
E
East Moriches, 50
East Quoque, 47
Eastwind Airlines, 37–38, 73, 192, 197
EGIS Explosives Detection System, 102–3, 115–16, 188
EgyptAir Flight 990, 64
“Eisenhower option,” 5, 98
Erickson, Jeff, 76
Erskine, Lewis, 206–7
Executive Order 12333, 40
Executive Order 13039, 142, 174
F
FAA Air Traffic School, 21
Fannie Mae, 156, 158–60
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 5, 21, 63, 65, 90, 96, 104, 108, 120–21, 123, 138, 200
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 2–7, 10–12, 14, 18, 20, 22–23, 27–29, 31–32, 34–40, 42–59, 61–66, 68-73, 81, 85, 90, 94–95, 97–104, 106–9, 115, 118–24, 132–39, 143, 146, 148–49, 155, 157–59, 163, 165, 168, 170, 174, 176–78, 180–82, 184–88, 190–94, 201–8, 211, 213, 215–21
Criminal Division, 154, 164
FBI 302s, 202
Intelligence Divisions, 164
involvement in NTSB investigation, 12, 13, 114–17, 164
takeover of investigation from the NTSB, 63–65
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 150
Fine, David, 103, 188
Fine, Glenn, 165
Fire Island, 46, 51, 136
First Amendment, the, 222
First Strike (Sanders and Cashill), 1, 127, 129, 142, 145
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 153
Flanagan, Bud, 133
flight data recorder (FDR), 26, 140–41, 143, 217
Flynn, Irish, 123
FOIA requests (Freedom of Information Act), 156, 200–1
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 131
Forge River Marina, 46
Fortune, 9
Fox News, 65, 159, 169, 181–82, 185, 191
Francis, Robert, 64, 94, 97, 101, 184, 194
appointment to NTSB, 63
Freeh, Louis, 106–7, 116, 157–58
G
Gabreski Airport, 47–48, 52
Gallagher, William, 71, 74, 114, 220
Gelhafen, Kevin, 141
Genzlinger, Neil, 222
Goelz, Peter, 76–78, 80, 93, 159, 190–92, 194, 200–1, 205
Goglia, John, 143, 197, 217
Gonzales, Alberto, 167
Good Morning America, 107
Gordon, Greg, 170
Gore, Al, 63, 89, 106, 118
Gorelick, Jamie, 154–60, 162–65, 186, 194
Grassley, Charles, 114–16
Great Gatsby, The (Fitzgerald), 153
Great Gun Beach, 49
Grose, Vernon, 63–64, 78, 142, 188, 190, 201
Gulf War (1991), 156
H
Hager, Robert, 149
Haldeman, H. R., 155
Hall, Jim, 39, 64, 69, 70–71, 77, 118, 157, 159, 185, 187, 191–92, 194, 205
appointment to NTSB Board, 63
interview on The Point, 79–81
Hamilton, Walt, 218
Hannity, Sean, 182
Hannity’s America, 181
Hardball with Chris Matthews, 89
Harkins, Paul, 185
HarperCollins, 13
Harriman, Pamela Churchill, 63
Harris, Jo Ann, 154
Heckman, Bob, 188
Hemmer, Bill, 191–92
Hendrix, David, 38
Hersman, Deborah, 200
Hiss, Alger, 19
Hittinger, Eric, 218
Holtsclaw, Jim, 20–22, 96, 132–33
Hoover, J. Edgar, 61
Hosenball, Mark, 147–50, 154
House Armed Services Committee, 131
Hubbell, Webster, 153–54, 159–60
Hughes, Hank, 114–15, 184–85, 188–89, 200, 221
Hussein, Saddam, 131, 156, 220
Hyman, Ira, 66
I
Indonesia, 159
Ingram’s, 9, 77
Innocence of Muslims, The, 195
Inouye, Daniel, 77
Intelligence Medal of Merit, 43
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), 185
Internet, the, 7, 10, 18–20, 22, 27, 34, 81, 132, 146, 175, 195
In the Blink of an Eye (Milton), 13
Iran, 6, 98, 105, 109, 129–30, 132, 185
Iranian Airbus 655, 99, 185
Irvine, Reed, 18, 32, 71, 138, 146–47, 218
Isikoff, Michael, 147, 149–51
J
Jane’s Information Services (“Jane’s,”), 218
Jefferson, Thomas, 25, 222
Jennings, Peter, 87–88, 107
Jet A fuel, 27, 189, 219
JFK Airport, 2, 26, 177
John Hopkins APL Technical Digest, 219
Johnson, George, 20, 23
Johnson, Glen, 89
Johnston, David, 95–96
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 130
Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), 90
Justice Department, 7, 10–11, 63, 70, 94, 102–3, 132, 154–55, 158–59, 162, 165, 167, 170. See also Department of Justice
K
Kabot, Linda, 214
Kallstrom, Jim, 13–14, 40–41, 55, 62, 65, 81, 88, 94, 103–5, 113–14, 116–20, 123–24, 132–39, 148, 155, 157–59, 164, 173–74, 177–78, 190–92, 194, 200, 203, 205, 207–8, 219
summoned to meeting in Washington, 101–2, 122, 132
Kansas City, 1, 3, 11�
��12, 17, 77, 79, 87, 145, 188, 192
Kansas City Club, 75
Kansas City Star, 9
Kasich, John, 149
KCPT (local PBS station), 17, 79
Kean, Thomas, 163–64
Kelly, Megyn, 65
Kennedy, John F., 20, 106
assassination of, 61
Kennedy, Robert, 20
Kerr, Donald, 116, 217
Kerry, John, 88–89, 166
Keyser, Bob, 146
Khobar Towers bombing, 98, 106
Kilcullen, Daniel, 32
King, Larry, 88
Kissinger, Henry, 160
Kosik, Allison, 192–93, 196
Kristensen, Edward K., 133–36
Krukar, Andrew, 85, 178
Krukar, Marge, 85, 178
Krulak, Charles, 133
Kurtz, Howard, 78
L
La Cosa Nostra families, 157
Lahr, Ray, 28–29, 96, 176, 178–81, 188, 201, 207, 212
Lake, Tony, 6, 99, 110
Lash, Andrew, 32
Le Brun, Charles, 202
Legacy of Ashes (Weiner), 108
Lehman, John, 163
Lewinsky, Monica, 95, 139, 147, 181, 206
Limbaugh, Rush, 12–13
Lion’s Game, The (DeMille), 90
Little Rock, AR, 131, 154, 186
Living History (Clinton), 106
Loeb, Bernard, 12, 33, 37, 64, 194
Long Island, x, 1–2, 5, 10–11, 26, 37, 40, 45, 86, 90, 94, 102, 106, 109, 113, 132, 135–38, 141, 154–55, 162–63, 177, 179–81, 190, 197–98, 210–12, 214–15, 218
Long Island Ice Tea, 4
Long Island Sound, 106
Los Angeles, CA, 20, 176
Luneau-Daurignac, Pierre-Emmanuel, 176–77
M
Magladry, Bruce, 65
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, 197
Manasquan inlet, 136
MANPAD (man-portable air-defense missile), 97, 180, 213–14
Mastic Beach High School, 45
Matz, Howard, 180
Mayer, David, 33–34, 37, 39, 64–72, 74, 81, 120, 159, 184–85, 191, 194, 200, 217
“memory error” explanation, 66, 69
reference to a flagpole, 72, 151
MBNA Bank, 158
McCaskill, Claire, 77
McClaine, David, 37–39, 73, 192–93, 197
McClatchy Newspapers, 170
McCone, John, 61
McCord, Chip, 141
McCurry, Mike, 6
McDonnell Douglas, 149
McKenna, Jim, 82
media, the, 7, 12–13, 18–19, 21–22, 27, 34, 37–38, 43, 55, 60, 66, 71, 73, 76–78, 93, 109, 111, 113, 119–20, 124, 131–32, 138, 143–44, 146–47, 149, 155, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167–68, 170, 174, 178, 180, 187–88, 190, 195, 197, 199, 215, 219
Meet the Press, 163