That theory falls apart instantly. The NTSB housed the 95% reconstructed fuselage and used it for training for more than two decades.

> The NTSB housed the 95% reconstructed fuselage

To anyone familiar with the CIA's behaviour over the past half a century or so, that says "the CIA discretely disposed of the 5% of the fuselage that did have obvious traces of missile damage". We don't know that that's actually true, but that's the level of trust the CIA has earned.

And that explanation falls apart instantly when you consider the fact that the FBI was criticized by a neutral third party for removing some of the wreckage without any documentation.

The IAMAW wasn't a "neutral third party"; the union's members were the ones potentially responsible for the maintenance faults resulting in the alleged short-circuit in the fuel tank.

> Problems with the aircraft's wiring were found, including evidence of arcing in the fuel quantity indication system (FQIS) wiring that enters the tank. The FQIS on Flight 800 is known to have been malfunctioning; the captain remarked on "crazy" readings from the system about 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the aircraft exploded.