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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 65
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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The TWA 800 "Fumes" Theory
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The situation is, if it was a mechanical failure that brought
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down TWA Flight 800, then TWA gets the heat with lawsuits. If a
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missile brought down TWA 800, then either (a) the U.S. Navy takes
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the fall for the crash or, (b) the foreign terrorists with a
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missile scenario means that U.S. foreign policy gets blamed. The
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foreign terrorists with a missile scenario also opens up public
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indignation and calls for retaliation. What is needed is some
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scenario where no one gets blamed, not TWA, not the U.S. Navy,
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not U.S. foreign policy. Voila. It was "fumes" that caused the
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crash.
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It is noteworthy that the "fumes" solution comes about a week
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after the crash investigators had the pressure turned up on them
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by the Pierre Salinger allegations. 'Til then, the FBI and NTSB
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had been sort of coasting along. (Not to say that individuals
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connected with FBI and NTSB weren't individually, within their
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personal microscopic areas of duty, honestly working on the case;
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just that the lumbering bureaucracy itself had settled in for a
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long winter's nap.) Another angle on this is that pressure was
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already building on high-level government officials (higher-level
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than, for example, FBI's Kallstrom) to deliver up a scapegoat for
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the crash. Could U.S. foreign policy, which I suspect as the
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true culprit in the crash, have maneuvered behind the scenes to
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get the U.S. Navy to take the blame? This would explain perhaps
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Kallstrom's lectern pounding pique: Kallstrom, unaware of higher
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level manuevers meant to foist blame on the U.S. Navy, would have
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incidentally ended up looking bad himself -- if a U.S. Navy
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mistake wound up taking the blame, then why hadn't Kallstrom
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figured it out? Why was it only thanks to "honest Salinger" that
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the case was solved? So Kallstrom, in this scenario aware that a
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U.S. Navy-did-it solution is not possible, becomes enraged at
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what he sees developing.
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Now, thanks to the "fumes" theory, everyone is off the hook.
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TWA can presumably emerge with its good reputation intact and not
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likely to pay huge lawsuit claims. U.S. foreign policy's
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reputation and possible escalation of tensions with whoever shot
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down TWA 800 is avoided. "Fumes," like an act of God, is the
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perfect fall guy.
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Was FBI Drunk at Waco?
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Not yet speculated upon to my knowledge is the question of
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how much beer drinking was going on during the FBI siege of the
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Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. Thanks to independent
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investigators we know that many in BATF are heavy boozers. Is it
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to far fetched to wonder if, during those long nights around the
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campfire by their RV campers, FBI personnel may have enjoyed a
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few cold brews? Or maybe something a little stronger, to help
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warm them up? Did the press, also involved in this little
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camping adventure, join with the FBI agents in a little
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around-the-campfire good cheer? Did the FBI enjoy a few boozy
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laughs as the tanks circled the Davidian compound, blaring the
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sounds of slaughtered rabbits and Nancy Sinatra late at night, to
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the ears of terrified children within?
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Bizarre Episcopal Sex Rituals
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The Washington Times National Weekly Edition (Nov. 17, 1996)
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reports on an article in the current Penthouse magazine
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(presumably available at Penthouse's web site) about a "secret
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cadre of gay and bisexual cross-dressing Episcopal priests." It
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is alleged, among other things, that a Rev. Howard Williams, who
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coordinates children's ministries for the Episcopal Church,
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tricked Wasticlinio Barros, 23, of Brazil into taking employment
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at what he thought was a job as a translator in New York.
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According to Penthouse, as summarized by the Washington Times,
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"Mr. Barros realized upon arriving in Brooklyn that his true job
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was to serve as a 'sex slave' for [Rev. William] Andries, as well
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as to provide sexual services for at least seven other priests.
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When he tried to flee the country, he said, Mr. Andries
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confiscated his passport and returned it on condition that Mr.
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Barros help recruit additional young men from Brazil."
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Cars, Houses, Cost More
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According to an article in the Nov. 11, 1996 New Federalist
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newspaper, the purchasing power of the average American has
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collapsed by 50 percent in the past 30 years. This ties in with
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the phenomena, previously noted by Conspiracy Nation, of the
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"liberation" of women -- "liberated" so they now must, from dire
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necessity, trudge off to work each morning with their husbands.
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This is not to say that equal treatment for women is not a good
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thing, but rather that their now being forced to work so their
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families can maintain a decent standard of living has been sold
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as a "great leap forward" in these "modern times."
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New Federalist offers statistics to back up their claim of
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declining purchasing power in our "good" economy:
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** "In 1967, it required 35 weeks of an average worker's
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weekly paycheck to purchase a new car (including financing
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costs); today, it requires 58 paychecks. That is, today's worker
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must work 23 weeks more, or 65.7 percent longer, to acquire a new
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car. Therefore, in physical terms, it costs 65.7 percent more to
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buy the car."
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** "In 1967, it required 399 weeks of an average worker's
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weekly paycheck to purchase a new home (including financing
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costs); today it requires 877 paychecks. That is, a worker must
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work 478 weeks, or 119.7 percent longer, to acquire a new home.
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Therefore, in physical terms, it costs 119.7 percent more to buy
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the home."
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(For further particulars, readers are referred to the article
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in New Federalist.)
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"George" Gets it Right -- Almost
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"George" magazine, in their December 1996 article on the TWA
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Flight 800 crash ("When the Nation is Clueless"), quotes this
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editor. Most of their reportage of my comments to them during an
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interview for the article is fairly accurate. However one part
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in which I am quoted is misleading: "Asked why Flight 800 has
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become a cause celebre while the ValuJet crash has not, Redman
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replied, 'The number-one thing is that the FBI is investigating
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this,'..."
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Here's how that portion of the interview really went down:
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GEORGE: Why has Flight 800 become a cause celebre while the
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ValuJet crash has not?
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REDMAN: Well, for starters, about a hundred witnesses swear they
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saw a missile headed toward TWA 800. Also, my sources were
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unanimous in saying a missile was involved. So it's reasonable
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to suspect, since the missile angle is being downplayed, a cover
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up might be going on.
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GEORGE: But what about the FBI? Why don't people trust them?
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Tell me something about the FBI's involvement in this.
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REDMAN: The FBI has a bad reputation. For example with the JFK
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investigation and also with the death of Martin Luther King.
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When news of King's death reached some FBI offices, wild cheering
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broke out. I'm not 100 percent confident in the FBI, so I tend
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to not always believe what they have to say."
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The above is not an exact transcription of the conversation,
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but it gives the gist of it. Note how, due to "George's"
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selective editing of that segment of our interview, it appears in
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their article as if I'm saying something like, "Since the FBI is
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investigating, there must be a cover-up." That is *not* what I
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said and the article in the Dec. 1996 "George" is misleading in
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that part.
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