[Blitzer:] France is moving quickly right now to try to enhance security in the wake of the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804. Sixty-six people were on board. The flight originated at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. The French interior ministry now says it's a necessity to reinforce security at the airport. Joining us now from Bahrain is Nathalie Goulet. She's a member of the French senate, the head of the commission of inquiry into French and European jihadi networks. Thanks so much for joining us. Have you been presented any evidence that this was indeed a terror attack?
[Nathalie Goulet, Member Of The French Senate:] Not yet. Absolutely not. We have no evidence yet. Absolutely not.
[Blitzer:] What is your working assumption? What is your working assumption?
[Goulet:] Well, first, we have to be cautioned, but then regarding the security of the French airport, I would like to underline that first of all we are under heavy state of emergency since November. And I think that we increase the level of security in the airport. That is a it's a very strong assessment.
[Blitzer:] As you know there were there were reports that last year maybe 40 or 50 or 60 airport employees were removed from their security clearances because they supposedly had jihadi connections and at the time they had access to planes. Tell us about that.
[Goulet:] Well, you know, airport is like a little town, you know. For Paris airport, you have almost 80,000 people. And
[Blitzer:] Well, do you believe that the security situation at Charles de Gaulle Airport right now is very, very strong or could it be better?
[Goulet:] It always could be better. You know, I was listening to the previous man who was talking with you and said that we always can improve more regarding security. But at the same time, nobody wants to slow down the traffic. So we have to increase the control, but at the same time, the traffic is increasing too. So it will be very challenging. We saw that also in Brussels and this time we really don't know what happened. So we have to be really cautious about any kind of conclusion. But at the same time, that could be a good approach
[Blitzer:] Nathalie Goulet, a member of the French senate, thanks so much for joining us. Good luck.
[Goulet:] Bye.
[Blitzer:] One part of the investigation will be centered on the Charles de Gaulle Airport. Of the 86,000 workers there, as we just mentioned, as many as 85, 85 had their security clearances revoked recently for various reasons. Joining us now from New York is Miles O'Brien. He's our CNN aviation and science correspondent. He is the CNN he is the PBS, I should say, aviation and science correspondent for the PBS "News Hour." Also joining us, Phil Mudd, CNN counterterrorism analyst, former CIA counterterrorism official. Guys, thanks very much for joining us. Phil, what do you think is best who is best equipped right now to investigate this crash?
[Phil Mudd, Cnn Counterterrorism Analyst:] You've got parallel investigations. You've got to have flight investigators looking at the physical property of the aircraft. People like me from the intelligence business don't know much about that kind of thing unless you have a missile involved, which we didn't appear to have in this case. You have to have people like TSA involved in looking at the physical security in Paris and looking at screening procedures at the Transportation Security Administration. The intelligence guys, people like me back at the CIA and the FBI, are looking at people. That is flight manifests