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Article: Conspiracy theories: public arguments as coded social critiques: a rhetorical analysis of the TWA flight 800 conspiracy theories.
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- Argumentation and Advocacy
- Article date:
- June 22, 2002
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In my view, the 'Alice in Wonderland' public positions the FBI has taken in this incident have now crossed over from being merely illogical or incompetent to the appearance of obstruction of justice.
Cdr. William S. Donalsdon
So begins yet another web site designed to offer insights into the now infamous crash of TWA flight 800. TWA flight 800 exploded over the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff on July 17, 1996. Within weeks of the explosion, an anonymous memo posted on the World Wide Web asserted that an accidental misfire of a navy missile had produced the explosion, and that the navy was actively working to hide this alleged incident of friendly ...