
Appearing on "Larry King Live" on Sept. 11, 2001, John Kerry suggested that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by a terrorist act. On Sept. 24 on "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, Kerry casually recited a number of terrorist attacks against the United States, among them TWA "Flight 800." Like Larry King before him, Chris Matthews either did not catch the remark or chose to let it pass. We have been asked a number of times whether these remarks by Kerry and others were purposeful, perhaps a signal that the time was right [...]