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TWA FLIGHT 800 DISASTER & COVER-UP Stingers that they had, and the serial numbers were confirmed. There has been plenty of speculation regarding the reasons for "The CIA, FBI and Justice Department were negotiating, and the downing of TWA Flight 800. Rodney Stich, as an aviation one of the key negotiators was a friend of mine, a former CIA safety activist and investigator, has gathered his own evidence asset, Ron Rewald. Rewald turned over documents to me. While regarding the whys and wherefores of the crash and the subse- he was in prison he met the man whom he had previously met in quent poorly staged cover-up. He shared his research and conclu- Honolulu in 1995. And now the CIA was dragging its feet about sions in this interview. the negotiation." "It's unprecedented in the history of aviation for so much disin- Stich suddenly made a chilling comment: "Maybe they were formation and cover-up to occur by the NTSB [National Traffic more interested in the missiles getting in the hands of the terror- Safety Board] and the Justice Department," said Stich. "In my ists, for all we know. It was known that terrorists were bidding on book Unfriendly Skies, I document repeated instances of NTSB the missiles." cover-up when serious misconduct was involved. Now there's a thought to quicken your pulse. What if? "In TWA Flight 800, there were almost 200 witnesses who "If a plane was shot down, that would help justify the CIA's reported seeing a missile trail," continued Stich, "including one existence," said Stich. "It's almost like the Persian Gulf War. person whom I call a missile trail expert. This is a helicopter pilot When you don't have a credible enemy, you build up Saddam who had taken off from Long Island [New York]. He was facing Hussein to make the Pentagon seem worthwhile." the ocean just as the missile was going up. He had seen dozens of (A parenthetical note... According to author John Loftus, San missiles fired in Vietnam, including missiles fired at him, so he Francisco, California-based Bechtel Corporation was responsible knows what a missile trail looks like. This is how he described it: for building Saddam Hussein's poison gas factory. It's not ironic, ‘It was a thin missile-trail going up, and the first explosion is a then, that the United States continues building "the best enemy missile type of an explosion, different from a fuel tank explosion.’ money can buy"—as historian/scholar Antony C. Sutton has That was followed by explosions of fuel tanks—a totally different shown. First it was Hitler's Germany, then the Soviet Union, and colour." more recently there has been a massive technology transfer to Red And this is where it gets interesting, as the 'legend'—a false China. In fact, this strategic build-up of future 'enemies' is part of story concocted by spooks to distract a long, historical tradition.) the public from the facts—is created. "Here we have hard evidence that "Here's what the FBI says about all ' . missiles were offered to the United these people who saw the missile "In TWA Flight 800, there were States but were rejected, knowing trail," continued Stich. "They're say- almost 200 witnesses who that terrorists would get them. The ing it's fuel that was coming out of the missiles are out there and they're ruptured fuel tanks and ignited. But reported seeing a missile trail," going to be used eventually," Stich it's really not a thin pencil trail—it's a continued Stich "including concluded. 3 massive fireball! And the FBI expects "This is far more evidence than you to believe that. one person whom I calla the NTSB has used in many air dis- "And then they got the CIA + al . " asters to come up with the most involved. It's unheard of for the CIA missile trail expert. probable cause. And the cover-up to be involved in an accident investi- gation. The CIA has an animated video they showed on TV where the plane is going along, and they claim the centre fuel tank blew up and this is what did it." THE RISE & FALL OF CIA FRONTMAN RON REWALD It sounds like the 'magic bullet’ that supposedly killed JFK. So who is this former CIA asset Ronald Rewald? He's an inter- This was the famous bullet that did a U-turn inside of Kennedy's national wheeler-dealer and the subject of another book by Stich, body—the 'theory' invented courtesy of Arlen Specter, currently called Disavow. "Disavow" means: "Once your cover is blown, by the FBI—the pressure on peo- ple—is enough to reflect on the mindset in the FBI." US Senator from Pennsylvania. you're on your own, pal". "This is even better," said Stich. "The CIA says that the plane Rewald hobnobbed with the world's movers and shakers, living then climbed a few thousand feet—after the explosion. The the lifestyle of the rich and famous. He had a US$2 million estate NTSB by law has the responsibility to conduct a meaningful in Hawaii. A chauffeured limo took him to work every day, and investigation. At the NTSB hearing December 8, the FBI notified — he even played polo with the Sultan of Brunei—reportedly the the NTSB that they were not to allow anybody to testify or make richest man in the world. any reference to a missile, according to Aviation Week & Space Nevertheless, Rewald had a dark secret. He was a frontman for Technology magazine." the CIA. He was an informant since college when he began spy- Covert operations and criminal politics again take precedence ing on 'subversive' organisations like the SDS (Students for a over air safety and passenger security. Democratic Society) during the late 1960s and 1970s. "Here we have the CIA and FBI involved and blocking the Later, as chairman of BBRDW (Bishop, Baldwin, Rewald NTSB," continued Stich. "And one of the possible reasons for the Dillingham and Wong)—a CIA front masquerading as a world- cover-up? The FBI and CIA were involved in negotiating with wide investment company—Rewald thought he had nothing to Afghan rebels. The rebels wanted to give back 30 to 40 surface- fear. But then came the set-up and betrayal. to-air missiles to the United States at no charge. In exchange, Today, after spending 10 years in prison as the fall guy for the they wanted the release from federal prison of the son of one of CIA, Rewald is reportedly still in denial. the rebel leaders. He was there on relatively minor drug-related According to Stich, BBRDW was a CIA proprietary (a compa- charges. They had evidently over a hundred Stinger missiles left ny wholly owned by CIA operatives), started in 1979 and operat- over from the Afghan war. They provided serial numbers of the ed and funded by the CIA using many of the same high-level "In TWA Flight 800, there were almost 200 witnesses who ; reported seeing a missile trail," continued Stich, "including one person whom I call a missile trail expert." THE RISE & FALL OF CIA FRONTMAN RON REWALD So who is this former CIA asset Ronald Rewald? He's an inter- national wheeler-dealer and the subject of another book by Stich, called Disavow. "Disavow" means: "Once your cover is blown, you're on your own, pal". Rewald hobnobbed with the world's movers and shakers, living the lifestyle of the rich and famous. He had a US$2 million estate in Hawaii. A chauffeured limo took him to work every day, and he even played polo with the Sultan of Brunei—reportedly the richest man in the world. Nevertheless, Rewald had a dark secret. He was a frontman for the CIA. He was an informant since college when he began spy- ing on 'subversive' organisations like the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) during the late 1960s and 1970s. Later, as chairman of BBRDW (Bishop, Baldwin, Rewald Dillingham and Wong)—a CIA front masquerading as a world- wide investment company—Rewald thought he had nothing to fear. But then came the set-up and betrayal. Today, after spending 10 years in prison as the fall guy for the CIA, Rewald is reportedly still in denial. According to Stich, BBRDW was a CIA proprietary (a compa- ny wholly owned by CIA operatives), started in 1979 and operat- ed and funded by the CIA using many of the same high-level NEXUS - 31 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1998