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You're crediting the General with "good discernment," although in this episode, he has demonstrated none whatsoever. The plane is not in Pakistan and the General cannot prove that it is. What remains of the plane and its passengers is under 12,000' of water in the southern Indian Ocean, and there is considerably more evidence for that assertion than any General McInerney has offered.

Further, General McInerney has been singularly unwilling to share the sources of his information that led him to issue such a rash conjecture.

For future reference, you'll want to stand advised that having "good discernment" does not include repeating some wild-eyed, baseless speculation from questionable sources one is unwilling to name over the public airwaves.

I certainly leave room for the general's being wrong here, but that does not qualify to peg a "rash conjecture meter." Neither would that necessarily mean he's done something nefarious in the process.

One doesn't achieve McInerney's position (in the decades he did, at least) by being a crack-pot or being one given to rash conjecture. I believe he built up his list of good sources through an enviable process. I will continue believing that until proven otherwise, but not in the absence of being proven otherwise.

McInerney may be wrong, and if so, it will hurt his credibility. He may have been lied-to. If so, I will have to doubt he was easily duped.

I see in Miteybad and bigdaddy45's comments this unusual, repeated, unFreeperlike demand for disclosure of sources. Why would that be? Why do you wish to strip a high ranking military man of his sources?

It's Miteybad's conjecture that the general is wrong and cannot prove his earlier statements. I don't believe McInerney nor his sources necessarily owe us proof at this time. Certain things may need to be worked out before more information is disclosed. Hypothetically, if the general is right, would you not wish the perpetrators of such a heinous crime be foiled in their ends, where untimely disclosure of what you seek clearly has a high risk of thwarting the success of a retributive operation?

Miteybad cannot yet prove his assertion that MH370's passengers are under 12,000 feet of water, though none demand it of him, probably because he has no credibility anyway.

For my part, I'll decide a bit further down the road whether McInerney's reputation should be trashed as Miteybad suggests, or whether he may come out of this episode "smelling" much better than Miteybad.

Considering the nonsense that was passed off by “tptb” regarding TWA800, (blaming a spark in the empty center fuel tank, instead of missiles witnessed by hundreds of people) there is no longer any reason to trust “tptb”, particularly the FBI, the news media, and any official government statement.

But, until General McInerny (historically a reliable source) tells me that the Pakistan theory is no longer “operative”, I will remain suspicious of anything said by the news media and the governments, and their agencies.

I will also distrust Boeing, and the various folks operating the satellites, and those doing the “brand new, never done before” calculations.

Too many corporations, governments, and the entire travel industry have multiple reasons for covering up whatever happened to mh370.

They can’t afford to lose the trust, and the money, of the flying public.

However, you can’t lie to people forever. Sooner or later, trust is lost, and there are consequences.

And, it is possible for some posting here to carry water for all the above interested parties, in an effort to sell the story.