around in the sinai had done this. a the new york times article put it very well yesterday. this was spotty intelligence, they said. this is not really deviating from the normal one tends to hear. what i suspect has happened now is, you know, we are now well beyond a week since this disaster took place. they have gathered even more intercepts. sinai assuming they are indeed the per traitor will have gotten in touch with isis central command, either in rocco or i m also telling aleppo and praising and congratulating them for this spectacular operation and so on. there might also be now some human intelligence, some spies in egypt or perhaps even in syria and iraq who might shed some light on this. one of the angles that we haven t really discussed in the media is the israelis are quite good at understanding what is taking place in sinai and in egypt and they have a good
reporter: good morning, victor. the analysis and evidence they need is still going to be from that crash site. they do have those data recorders that are telling them a lot, but they are going to need to find that direct evidence that it was a bomb. if that, in case, was the cause of this crash. they are looking for the residue from the explosive device. they are also looking for shrapnel marks. anything that can really indicate it was a bomb that took down this flight. one of the things that really is a strong indicator as well is that you re hearing a change in the tone from the egyptians and the russians. initially they came out very strong this is more likely mechanical issue. now the russians and egyptians have changed where the egyptians are saying all options are possible and the russians have stopped their flight in and out of egypt, however, we have been watching flights to come in today and a lot of them empty to take away stranded passengers.
certain this was a bomb. we know the russians have stranded nearly 80,000 of their own citizens in egypt after suspending the flights there. is moscow convinced that this was terror? well, victor, it looks like now moscow has changed its opinion. last week, they tried to explain it was technical failure or that the pilot had made a mistake. now, with evidence that is coming out that they are in possession of themselves, not necessarily shed by america or the united kingdom, that this is a terrorist attack. a very significant one and the russians know from past experiences that the aviation industry has been by terrorism. in 2004 two female suicide bombers brought down two domestic flights. they have this record and this history. unfortunately, it s now potentially happened again to the airline industry. put this into context, this reporting this morning that the fbi has agreed to help russia and egypt with this crash
that. now the fbi is offering its help in the investigation. cnn s ian lee is joining us live from sharm el sheikh airport in egypt. over the bomb theory, what is next in the investigation that could prove that? reporter: right now, it really boils down to what the evidence on the ground at the crash site says. all this data recorder and the voice recorder that the information we are getting from that leads to the belief that it was a bomb, as well as the intelligence from the united states and the united kingdom. it is really going to be the evidence from the wreckage that tells what happened in the final moments. they are going to still need to get some sort of residue or some sort of evidence from the crash site that points to that bomb. this still very long area, about a little over seven miles roughly of the crash site.
control of the security there. there are checkpoints, not just at the airport going into the airport, but really all over sharm el sheikh, what they are going through people s belongings and looking for anything that could be an explosive. at the airport itself, very tight security, at least what we re hearing. but egypt has been criticized for having poor security, not having the training or the people using the equipment properly. these are the accusations that have been thrown out there against the egyptians at sharm el sheikh airport, something that they are going to remedy. and it looks like it has been at least somewhat successful as we have been seeing planes coming in and leaving all day. ian lee, so grateful for the update. thank you. let s talk more about terrorism expert sajan goel joining us now. some experts are saying 99.9%