[Ticonderoga34]

Couple of things I always wonder about the TWA 800.

One is that John Kerry lumped TWA 800 in with other terrorists acts against America in a interview that he gave on the night of September 11th.

Another is that Al Gore chaired a commission about airline security right after TWA 800. Why would the government be worried about airline security if TWA 800 was caused by fuel tank explosion?

On the other hand, Kerry and Gore are dolts so maybe I reading too much into their actions and words. I really haven’t read enough about TWA 800 to form an opinion.

[Non-Sequitur]

On the other hand, Kerry and Gore are dolts so maybe I reading too much into their actions and words.

Bingo.

[Waco]

Gore, probably couldn’t tie his shoes before 15.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I really haven’t read enough about TWA 800 to form an opinion."

While it's by no means the central subject of the book, I would recommend Peter Lance's 1000 Years for Revenge."

He extensively discusses Philippine Airlines Flight 434 as a warm up act/rehearsal for the Bojinka plot driven primarily by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheik Mohammed. Curiously, "The seat where the bomb exploded (seat 26K) would normally be above the center wing fuel tank on an older Boeing 747 but on the SAS Version model of 747 the Seat 26K was two seats forward of the tank." A slightly more powerful explosive would have produced virtually identical dynamics to TWA 800.