Salinger Stands By Missile Allegation

Former newsman Pierre Salinger, whose allegation that a Navy missile brought down TWA Flight 800 prompted angry denials by investigators, stood by his story Tuesday after talking with FBI agents.

“It was a good meeting,” Salinger told The Associated Press. “I still feel I have the right information. It’s been tough on me, but we must get to the truth of what happened.”

Salinger, a former ABC News correspondent who worked as a press secretary to presidents Kennedy and Johnson, said earlier that if he were wrong, it would be “the first mistake I’ve made since the 1930s or early 1940s.”