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The Civil Aeronautics Board ( CAB ) investigated Criminal_investigation the accident Catastrophe and , after interviewing Communication numerous eyewitnesses and examining Testing the debris field , were able to conclude Coming_to_believe that the initial failure of the aircraft had begun Process_start in the left Departing wing .

The FBI responded by pointing out that the review panel asserted Statement that it would not be possible to reach Achieve a definite conclusion based on science alone , and said Statement that a combination of factors led the FBI to conclude Statement that Ivins had been the perpetrator .

The investigation Criminal_investigation report Reporting said Statement that , due Causation to extensive damage Damaging to the aircraft , investigators Criminal_investigation were unable to conclude Coming_to_believe if any of the eight aboard had used Using the oxygen system .

That led Causation Admiral Davor Domazet-Lošo to conclude that the offensive was not formally authorised .

Many sources conclude Coming_to_believe that the Soviet Union had intended to conquer all of Finland , and use Using the establishment of the puppet Finnish Communist government and the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact 's secret protocols as evidence of this , while other sources argue Agree_or_refuse_to_act against the idea of the full Soviet conquest .