Good info Sword! I still can’t figure out why the blown to pieces plane was even brought up from the ocean’s floor in the first place. If the Gov. new soon after what took it down, as in a missile, why would they even rebuild it and then have to try to cover up/lie about explosive residue and missile entry/exit points that they had to have known would be present. They could have lied to the public, that bringing the remains back to land to rebuild was to much of a task, do hard to do, etc. etc. etc. any number of the basic type lies we get from the Gov. Any thoughts on that angle Sword?
Easy. The wreckage was only 115-130 deep in the Ocean. It was too easy for anyone to reach and research themselves. They couldn't leave it there so they had to bring it up so they could control access to the crime scene. Had it been in deeper water that was not disable except with much more sophisticated equipment and lots of expense, then they could have declared it a cemetery, controlled access, and be done with it. But this was just too shallow, easily reachable with minimal equipment. They had to bring it up and "fix" it.
Well.... there were NAVY SHIPS all over the place RECOVERING the parts, so they couldn't claim they didn't find them. They were seen by the public when offloaded onto shore.
The public outcry (of a possible missile) forced Clinton to allow the 'investigation' to proceed, but he had the FBI takeover the investigation from the NTSB.