obviously, we re all upset by what s happened. i extend on behalf of all the american people our deepest condolences over the loss of family and friends and to ensure the dutch people we will work with them to make sure that loved ones are recovered, that a proper investigation is conducted, and that ultimately justice is done. that was president obama earlier today signing a condolence book at the dutch embassy, honoring the victims of flight mh-17. nearly 200 of whom were dutch citizens. later today, the white house says the director of national intelligence will declassify information and evidence that supports claims that a missile took down the flight. this a day after senate intelligence committee chair diane feinstein called for more transparency. meanwhile, five days after the disaster, the bodies of all 298
senator feinstein referring to about a dozen of these takedowns that they ve already engaged in, does this sound like it could easily be the next step they were going to and they re, at this point, getting a little obviously a lot less precise than what it is they were targeting? well, you know, a lot of these systems, lawrence, work extremely well under a part of air defense battalion or tied into commercial radar network. because a commercial airliner flying at a known route at a no known altitude, a giant tra transponder pulse coming out of it, these people didn t know what they were doing. it may have been engaged and literally fired upon by a crew off a self-propelled armor vehicle with these very high-velocity missiles.
his right arm placed on his stomach as in repose. others had personal belongings nearby. one man had sneakers but no pants with his arms and legs splayed outward, his iphone at his side. president barack obama called the malaysian president to offer help for what happened. the president of ukraine calls it a terrorist attack and blames pro-russian militants fighting to unite eastern ukraine with russia, but vladimir putin responded, i would like to point out in this regard that this tragedy would not have occurred if there was peace in that land, at least, if hostilities had not resumed in the southeast of ukraine and without question, the state over whose territory this took place bears responsibility for this awful tragedy. this is what senate intelligence committee chair diane feinstein said after a top secret briefing
doesn t seem difficult, especially with the number of incidents that senator feinstein was talking about recently, to realize that, hey, this should have been a warning about flying over this region. yeah. we ve had, since 1960, about 18 commercial airliners shot down, most of them areas of hostilities. there were warnings. the european authorities, aviation authorities, reported and recommended that this area be avoided by its member states back in april. as recent as may, the faa issued similar warnings. so why anyone was flying over this area that s hotly contested now makes no sense to any airline pilot i know. is it a timing issue? obviously it s the chosen route. it s the one they save the most time, right? well, they save the most time, they save the most fuel. there is a cost issue in these routes. there is no question about it, yes.
followed its trajectory. normally these are target acquisition radars that pick up and guide these missiles. they re very easy to see, it s like a flashlight in the dark. and then finally, i think, we will want to get on the ground and actually see conclusive evidence of an external explosion that brought down the aircraft, but i don t think the rebels are going to be able to freeze us out of there. there are a dozen nations that have people tragically murdered by this event. people will get on the ground sooner or later. they won t be able to cover this up, and i m sure within a week we ll publicly, conclusively know this is probably a shootdown by the separatists with sophisticated equipment provided by the russians and the separatists who didn t know what they were doing. general, when you hear senator feinstein referring to about a dozen of these takedowns that they ve already engaged in, does this sound like it could easily be the next step they were going to and they re, at thi