Thursday, December 14, 2017

twisting bulbs into the approach lights of Smolensk North Airport's runway, 2010

-Russian servicemen, accompanied by a policeman, twist bulbs into the approach lights of 
Smolensk North Airport's runway, hours after the crash of the Tu-154. photo by
Serge SerebroVitebsk Popular News on 4-10-10   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
2010_Polish_Air_Force_Tu-154_crash#/media/File:Tu-154-crash-in-smolensk-20100410-08.jpg
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Russian president Medvedev announced that Russia would work closely with Poland in the crash investigation to learn the cause—Russian pabulum for Western ears. Immediately after the crash, and before any investigation had begun, the Russian “Minister of Security” in Moscow announced the cause of the crash was pilot error [good of them to wait until the crash happened], and blamed it on the pilot’s poor command of Russian in communications with the control tower.  Edmund Klich, chief of Polish investigating committee later revealed to the Polish parliament that the Russian traffic controller who talked with the pilot of the presidential plane had disappeared. The Russians said that he retired.  The Polish pilot was known to speak flawless Russian, but in this investigation, a minor technicality.  Russians quickly took control of the crash site, recovered the black boxes, and – never to miss an intelligence-gathering opportunity – stripped the 96 dead passengers of personal effects, luggage, laptop computers, flash drives, cell phones, sensitive papers, names, telephone numbers, correspondence, documents, and top secret military and diplomatic codes—a coup for Russia's intelligence service.  Because of the intelligence value from the crash, and the need for the smoothest of public sleight-of-hand with the coming denials, Putin placed himself in charge of the Russian crash investigation.  A master who knows his craft.
On June 6th, Russia announced publicly that four of their soldiers had been charged with the theft of credit cards from the bodies of some of the victims and using the cards to obtain cash—within two hours of the crash.  This announcement will surely convince the world that Russia has changed its murderous ways and that all their recent murders were just tragic, isolated crimes.  Russia also announced that there were two other people in the cockpit during the approach, a Polish Air Force general, the pilot’s boss, who probably urged the pilot to try to land, and an unidentified woman.  Although this happens frequently, just to watch—I have done this myself—the Russian message was clear; it was their own fault.
The Russians delayed for weeks before returning the less sensitive items, but kept items of intelligence value.  The bodies were shipped to Moscow for “autopsies.”  No Polish medical people were permitted as witnesses.  Only after six days was Kaczynski’s cell phone returned.
Russian security officers interrogated Polish family members who traveled to Moscow to recover the bodies, sometimes for hours, denying access to the bodies until after the interrogations.  There has been no verification that all the bodies were accounted for.  The bodies were returned to Poland in sealed coffins for burial and families of the victims were not permitted to open the coffins. Under Polish law, official permission from the state prosecutor's office is required to exhume a body, and that office has denied family requests, apparently for fear of offending Russian sensibilities.
As for the investigation, the Russians have kept all the airplane’s black boxes and refuse to release or comment on their findings, except to say it could be a year before any results are announced.  It could indeed take a long time.  Putin’s ‘commission’ investigating the crash needs time – for memories to fade and time to concoct a Russian-version of the cause of the crash.  Perhaps as long as it has taken Russia to acknowledge responsibility for the Katyn massacre, yet to happen.  While the Russian investigation is in violation of a few agreements – the Chicago Convention that governs international air crashes and a bilateral 1993 agreement that joint commissions would conduct investigations of aircraft disasters affecting both countries – Russian violation of agreements is S.O.P. A Polish aviation official, in touch with the Russian investigation, reported to Poland that "We know everything that happened but the Russians forbid us to tell you."  So does anyone with room temperature IQ following this event.
Merely A Conspiracy Theory?
Conspiracy theories abound.  Looking at the Katyn Forest massacre, the behavior of other countries guilty of similar genocides, the KGB’s history of killings, genocides, murders and assassinations to rid itself of rivals, critics or anyone who has become inconvenient or a vocal opponent, it is no wonder the Poles – and others – see the heavy Russian hand behind the crash.  There was the Soviet genocide in the 1920s when they starved nearly 20 million Ukrainians to death, killing millions of their own people throughout the life of the USSR.  So what is another hundred in a crash to get rid of those pesky Poles, and their temerity at seeking, in Smolensk, to rub in the face of Russia some sordid account of a wartime massacre?  And it was payback for Poland’s alliance with NATO.  For many of us from the intelligence community we well remember the Soviet practice of manipulating navigational beacons to lure American military planes into Soviet territory to be shot down, “for violating sacred Soviet airspace.”  They thought nothing of shooting down Korean Air Boeing 747, knowing it held several hundred civilian passengers.  The Russian solution now is to make it go away quickly – as quickly as that ill-fated commemoration will be forgotten.
Policy-wise, the Russians saw our decision to grovel before them (the "reset", the giving up of ballistic missile defense after we promised the Czechs and Poles, our acquiescence to their activities in Georgia and Ukraine, our begging for their non-help on Iran, et al.) as a green light to do what they did with the plane crash.  They concluded we would say nothing -- and we didn't.
And what, if anything, can America do?  Nothing.  Their plate is full with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a vast ecological disaster unfolding in the Gulf, North Korea starting the next war between the Koreas, and at home, unrest over the illegal invasion of America by Latinos hiding under the misapplied term of “immigrant,” a failing economy, and other political tsunamis.  Besides, strategic utility isn’t reserved only for Turks.  Aren’t the Russians helping in America’s war on terrorism?  That means American outrage and concerns over the Polish ‘accident’ will have to be as hollow and toothless as Russia’s ‘investigations’ to solve the crash mystery.  The Poles, however, see this as Yalta II, i.e., another sell-out by the US.  Poland is seething over this; the Obamisti may think this will fade away, but the Poles and the rest of Central Europe know better.  For them this is a monumental betrayal.
Life – as is history – is unfair.  The Poles are in the same spot as the Armenians, the Somalis, the Tutsi, the American Indians, the Incas, the Eskimos, and others. Crucial alliances trump acknowledgement of prior bad acts.  I ignore your genocides, you ignore mine.  The guilty get a free pass.  Or, in the argot of modern TV sitcoms: Nobody Talks, Everybody Walks.  And then there is the old KGB saying, "It is no accident, Comrade!"
By Eugene (Gene) Poteat
* Gene Poteat is an electrical engineer (The Citadel) and a retired CIA scientific intelligence officer.  He served abroad in London, Scandinavia, the Middle East and Asia. He is president of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), writes and lectures on intelligence matters and teaches at The Institute of World Politics graduate school in Washington; the IWP is scheduled to award Gene Poteat an honorary doctoral degree on June 5.  He may be reached at G2Poteat@gmail.com.
Footnotes:
[1] The CIA [Central Intelligence Agency] is an independent agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers. The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) is nominated by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director manages the operations, personnel, and budget of the Central Intelligence Agency.
[2] AFIO members subscribe to the US intelligence community’s core values of patriotism, excellence, integrity, dedication and loyalty. By understanding the history of intelligence from its ancient world underpinnings to twenty-first century wizardry, AFIO’s key objectives and principles are to support today’s needs and foster forward thinking.
[3] The Institute of World Politics (IWP), is a graduate school founded to fill a major national need: to supply professional education in statecraft, national security, and international affairs offered nowhere else.
[4] Aleksander Marek Szczyglo (b. October 27, 1963 – d. April 10, 2010, Smolensk, Russia). From 15 January 2009 until his death he was the chief of the National Security Bureau. National Security Bureau (Polish: Biuro Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, BBN) is a Polish government agency executing the tasks given by the President of the Republic of Poland regarding national security. Bureau serves as the organizational support to the National Security Council.
[5] Mr. Poteat later determined the Smolensk airport did not have an ILS, but in no way does this change his conclusions.
Updated: October 21, 2010
Also See: "Polish President's Plane Crash Two Years Later":  "The Russians had the means, motive, and opportunity" to assassinate the Polish president. Retired Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Senior Scientific Intelligence Officer Eugene Poteat revisits the lingering questions surrounding the 2010 plane crash in Smolensk, Russia”.
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Danish Engineer Glenn Jorgensen Challenges the Official Polish & Russian Reports

A Danish civil engineer’s calculations have attracted a lot of attention in connection with a national trauma in Poland. 10 April 2010 - a Polish governmental plane crashed during a landing approach in Smolensk, Russia.  All 96 persons on board, including President Lech Kaczynski, were killed.  Spurred by the desire to find the correct explanation, Danish Glenn Jorgensen repeatedly participated in conferences on the plane crash in Poland, has communicated with Poland’s leading expert in aircraft accidents, and in late January 2014, took part in a hearing before the Polish Parliament.  The reason his analysis arouse much commotion is because it supports conjecture that the accident was not an accident but an assassination.  Glenn Jorgensen says to “Ingeniøren” that his analysis does not show the cause of the crash, only shows that it could not have occurred as indicated by AAIB.  Read Mr. Jorgensen's AnalysisHere ...
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Conclusive evidence of explosives detection emerges! Antoni Macierewicz Press Conference, July 19, 2013. Examples of Spectrometer readouts released to the public.
Spectrometer readouts offer conclusive proof of the detection of C4, TNT, RDX, HMX (octogen), p-MNT (para-mononitrotoluene ), nitroglycerine, and other explosives on the wreckage and seats of the Polish Air Force One, Tupolev TU-154M plane that crashed in Smolensk, Russia on April 10, 2010, killing Poland's president, and 95 others.  See it below.
An interview with Lieutenant Artur Wosztyl, Flight Captain on the YAK-40, and key witness in the ongoing investigation into the mysterious crash of Flight PLF101 that killed Poland's president Lech Kaczynski, and 95 others on April 10, 2010.
"From this moment on, they began to inflict (the proverbial) pain on us, because Gen. L. Majewski wanted to very quickly get it all done and over with.  When we refused [to sign this phony admission of “guilt” statement], they began to intimidate all of us.  They told us that we will never be allowed to fly again, that they will revoke our pilots’ licenses, and that they will send us so far - that it will be years and years before this case will ever be solved. "  After the unexplained “suicide” of Ensign Remigiusz Muś, a key witness in the investigation of the crash of Flight PLF101, the Antoni Macierewicz Parliamentary Commission investigating the causes of this crash, requested that Flight Captain Wosztyl be placed in protective custody.  Its request was denied by the Polish government.
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"Smolensk: An Inconvenient Tragedy" by Pawel Styrna, SFPPR News & Analysis
Three years have passed since the suspicious Smolensk Plane Crash of April 10, 2010.  During this time, new developments in the case occurred and evidence continued to surface.  Most disturbingly, these findings have anything but dispelled doubts about the veracity of the official, FSB/KGB-manufactured Moscow-Warsaw “pilot error” line. Instead, they have consistently pointed in the direction of foul play.  Since the mainstream media and public opinion in the West do not appear to have been following these developments or registered the geopolitical significance of Smolensk, it seems appropriate to elaborate on some of the more recent findings.  For brevity’s sake, this article will mention only developments which occurred after mid-2012, for I have focused on the background and previous discoveries in two SFPPR News & Analyses articles.
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COVERUP BY SUICIDE: Remarkably convenient suicides ...
Remigiusz Mus, the flight engineer on Yak-40 whose landing immediately preceded PLF 101 and whose testimony implicated the Russian flight controllers, died of suicide.  This rounds out the death of the entirety of key witnesses whose testimonies could prove that the flight controllers bore at least partial responsibility for the mysterious crash that killed the Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others near Smolensk, Russia, on April 10, 2010.
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Smolensk Crash Conference in Warsaw: On October 22, 2012, in Warsaw, nearly 100 scientists from the United States, Australia, and Poland, held a multi-disciplinary scientific conference into the causes of the 2010 crash of the Polish Government's Tupolev TU-154M near Smolensk, Russia.  Among the participants were NASA and Boeing Aircraft & Space Division consultants, engineers, data analysts, explosives' experts, and others, representing many of Poland's prestigious technical universities, and scientific research institutions.  While debunking the irregularities and falsifications in the official MAK and Miller Commissions' reports, the prevailing conclusion reached by its participants pointed to the likely explosion onboard of the aircraft carrying the Poland's president and 95 others.

…Following is a presentation of the University of Maryland's, Dr. Kazimierz Nowaczyk, PhD, a physicist and quantitative analysis expert.  For more information about this conference, its goals, participants, and the conclusions reached, please visit the smolenskcrash.com.

The Official Polish & Russian Crash Reports Debunked by Scientists.
Puzzling inconsistencies in the official Polish and Russian Government reports analyzed by independent experts.
New leads and emerging crash causes explained by Dr. Nowaczyk.
Explosive Update! Explosives found on as many as 30 seats from the Polish government Tupolev Tu-154M that crashed on April 10, 2010 - reported Poland's largest daily "Rzeczpospolita" on October 30, 2012.  Cezary Gmyz, its investigative journalist confirmed that the information came from four highly credible sources involved in the investigation.  "Rzeczpospolita's" findings were also corroborated by the Polish Parliamentary Group's Chairman, Mr. Antoni Macierewicz, as well as Dr. Kazimierz Nowaczyk, who published preliminary results of the explosives' analysis of the crash site samples performed by an independent laboratory in the United States.
Detection of Explosives (April 26, 2012) Independent Tests Confirm Presence of Explosives!
Materials
Two samples identified as 1. safety belt and 2. a shirt sleeve
Methyl alcohol (sigma - Aldrich.com)

EXPRAY® (ExplosiveDetection.org, Feasterville, PA) field test kit for explosives detection and identification.
Producer: Mistral Security, Inc., Bethesda, MD
Detection and Identification Method
Extraction
Samples were placed separately into two stainless steel containers.  They were rinsed with methanol twice and left for three hours to dry out.  The remaining alcohol was evaporated with an air dryer.
Testing
The extract that accumulated on the bottom surface of the container was tested using the EXPRAY® test kit.  The level of kit sensitivity indicated by the manufacturer is 20 ng.  A bottom of the container was wiped out with a collection paper which has been sprayed subsequently with spray 1, 2, and 3.  The paper was observed after each spray for the appearance of stains.  The stain was compared without the color chart for interception of results.
Results
While no explosive material has been detected in the sleeve extract, three collection papers used to wipe out the bottom of the container with a safety belt extract indicated a stain consistent with 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (T.N.T.). The test has been repeated after 24 hours and papers photographed.
Conclusion
It appears that the safety belt has been exposed to the explosive material (T.N.T).  Future investigation involving analytical techniques such as mass spectrometry is necessary to confirm preliminary results to indicate T.N.T. presence in the material tested.

synopsis:  The images and video footage you are about to see were never published before.  This is the wreckage of the Polish government’s plane that crashed on April 10, 2010 in Smolensk.  This documentary shows how the members of the Russian special services who were present on the site of the tragedy during the first days after the crash handled the wreckage.  The majority of the trees, that the Tupolev TU-154 is alleged to have made contact with, were cut down ... The wreckage was left unprotected from the elements for months.  The footage that documents the actions of the Russians show how the wreckage, that is the most important piece of the evidence in this crash, was being destroyed.  The remains of the wreckage where moved from place to place.  The larger pieces were stretched-out, compacted, and crushed.  The majority of the aircraft remains were not analyzed in any way.  In the end, the wreckage remains found their way onto an auxiliary landing strip at the Severny airport.  The Russian investigators and the representatives of the Prime Minister Donald Tusk's Polish government claimed that the crash site was thoroughly searched, and that all human remains were carefully collected.  Yet, contrary to those assurances, to this day more human remains are being found...
Polish TU-154 Crash Site photos depicting "careful" and through "analysis" of the plane wreckage immediately after the crash….

Major Robert Trala, ret., explosives expert, before Polish Parliamentary Commission, February 17, 2012: ""I was asked questions regarding the [breaking of the] TU-154M windows [with crowbars by the Russians - see the evidence destruction video above], and if I could comment on that, and if it could be considered a piece of evidence? […].  The aircraft's windows in particular, are, and should, of course, be considered an important piece of evidence.  Why?  Because, just as any window, in any vehicle, or, in any means of transportation, it is subject to [the internal barometric] pressure [and stress].  Even in a common car, as it [the glass window] is being mounted [onto the vehicle] and is glued-on, it is already then, subject to internal stresses […] as I was viewing photos of the [TU-154M] windows at an angle; I noticed clearly visible discoloration in the windows.  This blemish, this discoloration, showed evidence of internal stresses to which they were subjected.  An aircraft, and its windows, as it travels in the air, or not, are always subject to the pressure […] In order to conclusively discard a hypothesis of an internal explosion on the plane, the analysis of the pressure exerted on these windows, would have provided a considerable amount of invaluable information […]" More here

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What they said about Polish President's Plane Crash on April 10, 2010 ...

Viktor Yushchenko, former president of Ukraine, interviewed by "Uwazam Rze", February 15, 2011:  "The MAK’s report raises many doubts.  If we were to accept the credibility of this document [the MAK report] on its face value, we ought to base it on the evidence.  After all, it [the evidence] is missing.  What we are left with are suspicions and emotions, because we don't know any facts […] there are other unknowns as well.  [For example] why was the control tower [in Smolensk] receiving instructions from Moscow?  After all, in these kinds of situations the decisions are to be made by the men in charge of the airport”.  Read More here about Polish Plane Crash Disinformation ...

Andrei Illarionov: "The Russian investigation raises doubts".  "Contrary to the promises, the investigation of this crash is neither transparent nor dynamic" says Andrey Illarionov, Vladimir Putin's former aid and advisor in his interview with "Rzeczpospolita".  Read more here ... Also, visit Andrey's Андрей Илларионов's Live Journal website here ... (in Russian)

Viktor Suvorov, former Soviet military GRU intelligence officer interviewed by Mariusz Bober for "Nasz Dziennik": "On the day of the crash, the Russian leaders declared that they will help in every possible way to explain the cause of the crash. - Of course (laughing), what else could be expected?  This is only propaganda [...] Undoubtedly you spoke with other Russians about the crash.  What do they think about it? - There are primarily two opinions which are expressed.  Some are convinced that it was a crime.  Others are of opinion that the Russian Government is making things up in order to come up with an easy explanation for the crash - i.e. that it was because of the fog.
Considerable numbers of Russians have no opinion about this matter at all; they are not interested in it at all, because they want to live comfortably, just like everywhere else.  But there are a great number of people who understand that something horrible had happened [...] Four months after the crash in Smolensk the Russian government doesn't want to give Polish investigators the most important documents related to this matter, for example the protocols of the autopsies.  Why is Moscow behaving this way? - There are two possible versions of the events, and even if the Russian regime was not involved in the crash directly, its subsequent conduct had a character of criminal activities".

Dr. Harvey Kushner, PhD:  As a recognized authority on terrorism, Dr. Harvey Kushner has advised elected officials, military personnel, and foreign governments as well as trained federal agencies from the DHS to the FBI, to name a few.  He also worked for to the U.S. Probation Department as an analyst for criminal investigations, intelligence and terrorism.  Kushner’s private sector clients have ranged from chemical and petrol manufacturers to multi-national financial institutions.  He currently serves as an expert for the Polish Parliamentary Committee tasked with investigating the April 10, 2010, plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski.  Visit Dr. Harvey Kushner's Website
"21st century technologies allowed us investigative powers not existing a mere decade ago.  It must be brought to bear in finding what really happened on April 10, 2010.
Yet, all of our scientific advances are impotent if they are shrouded under the veil of secrecy [.]  The April 10 tragedy occurred on a foreign soil involving two nations with a significant history.  As civilized members of an international community, we should demand the transparency only independent investigators can bring to the table.  The truth must prevail.  We need to insist that April 10 can never happen again.  To assure future generations from experiencing another April 10th-type event, it is entirely necessary to know exactly what happened.  We not only owe this to Poland, Polish children of today, and of the future, but to all around the globe who cherish the rule of law.  If we run away from discovering the truth, we are doomed to repeat the history.  A free society seeks to unearth the truth, no matter how distasteful it might be.  We Americans fully understand why the families of the victims of 911 lobbied endless hours to obtain a balanced commission capable of thoroughly investigating all events surrounding the September 11 attacks.
'[United States Congress] House Resolution 1489 'Calling for an independent international investigation of the April 10, 2010, plane crash in Russia that killed Poland's president Lech Kaczynski and 95 other individuals.' was born calling for an independent international investigation of April 10, 2010 plane crash in Russia."
Question:  Immediately, moments after the crash, the Russian side began to promote a conclusion that it [the crash] was not an act of terrorism, and [the Russians] excluded this line of investigation altogether.  How should the investigation based on the well accepted international standards look like?  Is it normal that this line of investigation was abandoned? Have you had an opportunity to become familiar with the conditions under which the most important piece of the evidence [that is the remains of the aircraft] have been kept for the last five months?  Again, does it meet the international standards in such an investigation?
"In these type of investigation, it is highly unusual to exclude or remove anything from the table - until we have definitive forensic evidence to say otherwise […] It is unfortunate, but in the United States we had many acts of terrorism perpetrated against us, as well as numerous accidents.  And, in all cases nothing is ruled out.  So, to answer your question - it is highly unusual for such a quick statement to be made from someone in the scientific field. It certainly wouldn't be unusual [to have heard that] from political circles.  [As far as the] scene of the disaster is concerned, I can only speak from our experience in the States.  The United States has been involved in airline disasters which had taken place at 35 thousand feet; in Lockerbie, Scotland, in which the debris was scattered over miles, and American, Scottish, and British authorities made every effort to secure the scene.  We've recovered debris under the ocean of TWA800 and reassembled an entire 747-100; every piece, from a 10 foot structure, to something measuring a centimeter.  I have not been at the scene of the disaster [near Smolensk, Russia].  I have seen pictures.  I've read media reports, and I ask those here:  Is the scene of the disaster secured as I stand here and speak with you?  I think you all know the answer.”  For more up-to-date information please visit Dr. Kushner's Facebook ...

"Prof. J. Michael Waller interviewed by Nasz Dziennik" - "Historically things like this have not been a coincidence in Russia [...]  Of course it's unusual.  It's even more unusual that everybody seems to be putting faith in the former KGB to run a transparent and impartial investigation, under Vladimir Putin's personal supervision. It's absurd.  The Polish government should be demanding transparency as a matter of principle, to remove all doubts - and the Russian government should be offering it without being asked.  If the Russian government takes offense at such a request or resists it in any way, then we will know whom to blame for the crash.  I think people in the West are afraid of making that request because they are afraid to know the answer to the question". Read more here ...

Antoni Macierewicz, member of Polish Parliament, former Vice-Minister of National Defense, and former Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Poland: Ottawa, Canada, August 26, 2010 [in Polish] Question: Was it [the crash] an assassination? - What we do know for sure, is that the controllers from the Smolensk control tower, after consulting with the Russian Central, and specifically, with the secretary of the General Staff of the Russian Transportation Aviation (I am saying that based on the testimony given by the controller) is that he allowed, and to be more precise, advised this plane, Tupolev 154M, to descend to the altitude below 50 meters. When they descended to this altitude, they only had 3 seconds until the crash.  And this is known for sure.  Was this decision one that resulted from some sort premeditated intent, craziness, alcohol-related mistake, or anything else, I don't know.  I don't want to assign any guilt at this time.  But, everything points to the fact that the single mechanism that lead to the crash was the decision of the flight controller, and I repeat, one that was made after consultation with the Moscow Central, that allowed this airplane to descend to such altitude at which it was unable to survive."  Read Antoni Macierewicz's interview here
"The Death of a President: Countdown to the Crash of Flight PLF 101" - A detailed chronology of events leading to the death of President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and Polish Government Delegation near Smolensk, Russia, on April 10, 2010, and its aftermath
"A Smell of Liquidation" - this is how the Israeli paper "Maariv" comments on the plane crash near Smolensk, in which Lech Kaczynski and his wife died, and with them key figures holding functional and security positions in the state, including commanders of all Polish of armed forces. "Long Arms of FSB?". Read more here ...
The pilots of the presidential Tu-154M, Official information about flight hours, training, and experience of Capt. Arkadiusz Protasiuk - 1st pilot, and Maj. Robert GRZYWNA - 2nd pilot provided by the Polish Air Force:  "Capt. Protasiuk had a flight record exceeding 3500 flight hours.  He was fluent in both English and Russian.  During the last two years he made nearly 30 flights to the former eastern block countries".
"Gaping Holes In Russia's Polish Air Crash Report" by Diana West, The Washington Examiner:  "The answers Russia presented to the world in its official 2011 crash report are wholly unsatisfactory.  Indeed, the Moscow-controlled crash investigation seems to have been designed to suppress or tamper with evidence to exonerate Russia of all responsibility for an accident - or guilt for a crime [... The] crash evidence was crudely destroyed (including by bulldozers), tampered with, and lied about (Russian investigators claimed no radar video recording existed, for example, but then cited it in the report).  The document notes some Russian pathological reports on victims included descriptions of organs that had been surgically removed before the crash [... An independent] investigation is urgently required in 2012, and not only to solve the mystery of a vexing crash.  We must find out whether the West has once again been party to another Big Lie out of Moscow."  About Diana West: Diana West writes a weekly column that appears in about 120 newspapers, including the Washington Examiner on Sundays. Her work has appeared in many publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The New Criterion, The Public interest, The Weekly Standard, In Character, and The Washington Post Magazine, and her fiction has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly.  She has made numerous television appearances as a CNN contributor to "Lou Dobbs     Tonight" and "Lou Dobbs This Week.”  She is now at work on her second book for St Martin's Press, The Hollow Center.  
                 http://www.doomedsoldiers.com/polish-tu-154-crash-russia.html
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