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<p><span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="renewing">renewing</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="aviation">aviation</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="points">points</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="possibility">possibility</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bomb">bomb</span> <span word="destroyed">destroyed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="passenger">passenger</span> <span word="airliner">airliner</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Sinai">Sinai</span> <span word="Peninsula">Peninsula</span>, <span word="killing">killing</span> <span word="all">all</span> 224 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="aboard">aboard</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="jet">jet</span>.</p><p><span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tragedy">tragedy</span> <span word="remains">remains</span> <span word="shrouded">shrouded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="mystery">mystery</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="clue">clue</span> <span word="emerged">emerged</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="doomed">doomed</span> <span word="Airbus">Airbus</span>' <span word="cockpit">cockpit</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> <span word="recorder">recorder</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bomb">bomb</span>.</p><p>"<span word="A">A</span> <span word="noise">noise</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CVR">CVR</span> <span word="recording">recording</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Egyptian">Egyptian</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="investigator">investigator</span> <span word="Ayman">Ayman</span> <span word="El">El</span>-<span word="Muqadem">Muqadem</span>.</p><p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="further">further</span> <span word="analysis">analysis</span> <span word="continues">continues</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="claim">claim</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="repeated">repeated</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="media">media</span>.</p><p>"<span word="With">With</span> <span word="God">God</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="help">help</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fighters">fighters</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Caliphate">Caliphate</span> <span word="managed">managed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="plane">plane</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="Sinai">Sinai</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="message">message</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Arabic">Arabic</span> <span word="purportedly">purportedly</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="State">State</span> (<span word="IS">IS</span>) <span word="group">group</span>.</p><p><span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="lawmakers">lawmakers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="reaching">reaching</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="conclusions">conclusions</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="am">am</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="ready">ready</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="conclude">conclude</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="ISIS">ISIS</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ISIS">ISIS</span> <span word="affiliate">affiliate</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Republican">Republican</span> <span word="Congressman">Congressman</span> <span word="Peter">Peter</span> <span word="King">King</span>, <span word="using">using</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="alternate">alternate</span> <span word="acronym">acronym</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="group">group</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="spoke">spoke</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="ABC">ABC</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="This">This</span> <span word="Week">Week</span> <span word="program">program</span>.</p><p>"<span word="ISIS">ISIS</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="fully">fully</span> <span word="eclipsed">eclipsed</span> <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Qaida">Qaida</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gravest">gravest</span> <span word="terrorist">terrorist</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="Congressman">Congressman</span> <span word="Adam">Adam</span> <span word="Schiff">Schiff</span>, <span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="program">program</span>.</p><p><span word="Schiff">Schiff</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="Democrat">Democrat</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="Intelligence">Intelligence</span> <span word="Committee">Committee</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="IS">IS</span> <span word="appears">appears</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vulnerability">vulnerability</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="aviation">aviation</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="requires">requires</span> <span word="urgent">urgent</span> <span word="attention">attention</span>.</p><p>"<span word="ISIS">ISIS</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="concluded">concluded</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="defeat">defeat</span> <span word="airport">airport</span> <span word="defenses">defenses</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="inside">inside</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="case">case</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dozen">dozen</span> <span word="airports">airports</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="beyond">beyond</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="approach">approach</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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