At 6:05 PM -0500 on 9/9/96, Vince Cate wrote:
If the Navy was firing missiles in this area, it really does seem
vince@offshore.com.ai (Vincent Cate): like the
press should be checking out this angle.
What makes you think they aren't?
Not saying they aren't; however, I don't recall seeing CNN or any of the networks saying if the Navy really was firing missiles or not. Have they? Never seen anyone ask questions about US firing missiles (have seen them ask if it was a missile or a bomb). I don't get any US newspapers here in Anguilla, so my impression of the US press is really just from TV.
Is the press on top of this?
Some good friends (Satanic Mainstream Reporters) who are working on the case have certainly _said_ they were looking into it; of course, maybe [your favorite conspiracy here] bought them out/blackmailed them/planted a microchip in their bum/Stepfordized them/[your favorite subversion method here]. Given (a) the intense competition among reporters and (b) the near-impossibility of keeping secret something known by 1/2/3+ people, I somehow kind of doubt the plane was shot down by a US ship--as one friend put it, they'd have to sink the entire ship to keep it a secret, but it'd be hard to keep it a secret why they sunk the ship, etc., etc. And, frankly, I doubt the FBI/NTSB/et al. really know what happened. Though I doubt they'd keep on mentioning the missile theory without _very_ good reason to believe it's likely. /t