OF COURSE TWA800 was shot down. Even the great Rush cowered on this, and chose to believe Kallstrom.
There were two possible credible explanations at the time:
—Terrorist attack
—Horrible US Navy accident
In either case .gov chose the lie, coverup, intimidate, harass and name-call witnesses approach.
Since no terrorist group claimed credit I tended to lean towards the “horrible accident” explanation.
Accidents are embarrassing for sure—but imho it would have been the wiser course to come clean.
I could never understand Rush’s blind faith in Kallstrom, especially once he started claiming that the FBI should be looking at white supremacist militias for the DC sniper.
I wish Rush would have come clean with a few things before he died.