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...ocean stubbornly held on to its mysteries for most of last week. It was especially uncooperative on Thursday for the men and women investigating the crash of TWA Flight 800. Rain and strong winds disrupted and eventually interrupted search operations. But on Friday there was a breakthrough. Deep Drone 7200, a remotely operated robot outfitted with cameras that can explore ocean depths without divers, located part of the cockpit, "the nerve center of the aircraft," as Robert Francis, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), described it. Said James Kallstrom, the FBI's lead investigator: "I just think...
...flight leaving Ben Gurion Airport. This was the first known time that Hizballah slipped an operative into Israel by way of an international airline. FBI agents are planning to travel to Israel to study Mikdad's methods for any telltale bits of bombcraft that may be traced to TWA Flight...
...TWA Flight 800 case, federal points of inquiry already assume the existence of a crime. If there was a bomb, did it contain Semtex, a powerful Czech explosive used by Libyan agents in the Pan Am 103 bombing? Or a lower-grade nitroglycerine-nitrocellulose mix? And what evidence can be extrapolated from the existing clues to help answer these questions...
...explosion of TWA's Flight 800, coupled with the bomb that ripped through Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park, have led to the stark realization that unless Americans are willing to sacrifice a great deal of the liberties they currently take for granted, the United States will always be extremely vulnerable to acts of terror...
While I mourn for those that lost their lives on TWA's Flight 800 and for the victims of the Olympic Park bombing, I am still grateful for the fact that I can pay $1.50 to get on the New York City subway with no questions asked. Sometimes, all we can do is pray that the freedom on which this country prides itself will not be taken advantage of by those with evil intentions...