I don't think anyone is trying to conceal anything. I think maybe that their HOPE that it WAS an accident if clouding their judgment.
I say we blame it on Osama until proven otherwise.
What if it's pilot error or maintenance negligence?
You might feel good blaming bin Laden; I want to know what really caused it.
Conspiracy pinheads are less believeable than the government in this case.
I disagree. I believe that they have knowingly misstated facts to mislead the public. For example, it was circulated in the media that the plane dumped fuel in the bay. This was purported as fact until a few pilots and sleuths noted that dumping fuel is not an option. I just dont buy the gubmints Bull Spit.
To what end? Look it could be terrorism and just as a doctor that suspects cancer rules out other less terrible diseases before giving the patient the bad news the NTSB is slowly ruling out other causes before declaring this a terrorist act. The fact is that there may be no way to honestly declare this an accident OR terrorist act. Then what do we do? I know that some believe that the Feds are somehow "pushing" this as an accident to save the airlines but that is just not rational. People will either fly or they won't fly and the sad fact is that the Airline industry and American Airlines in particular may not survive either way. If the Government wants to "spin" this in any direction they are capable of doing it just by falsifying investigation results so the fact that they are actually ruling out many of the obvious accidental causes as they gather the evidence seems to indicate a good faith effort to find the truth.