I stand by my recollection. Because I was not cooking at the time, I'm almost confident it was a weekday, not a Sunday program.
If I were looking, I'd check the transcripts of 60 minutes 2 and 20/20 first and then check the TV schedule to see what other similar type programs it might have been. It aired within a couple weeks of the bombing.
If we still had the ability to use Google properly to search FR threads for text strings OR the old search functions on FR, it's possible I could dig up the several threads on which I quoted him within days of the broadcast.
I figured it must have been an interview by one of the "main stars". So far, though, I can't find any interview with the Secretary, which does seem alittle odd. I remember seeing a short interview or two with him myself, but I don't remember any statement like the one you said you heard.
Personally, I don't believe that plane was shot down. I believe it would have been, had the passengers not intervened and tried to take control of the airplane.
I guess it is possible that the familes of those on board were bought off and coached on how to tell a story of speaking to their loved ones planning to take over the plane, etc. But when weighed against actual kook-theorists and their cottage industry of anti-anything-government (not to mention monetary profit), I'm with the educated & reasoned percent of the population.
But open to *documented* Facts!