In the late 1990s , Cafasso became involved with events following the crash of TWA Flight 800 through his association with the Associated Retired Aviation Professionals ( ARAP ) , an organization that claimed to be conducting its own independent investigation into the cause of the crash . In November of that year , shortly after Cafasso appeared with William Donaldson at a conference sponsored by Reed Irvine 's think tank Accuracy in Media , he published an article about the investigation under the byline " legislative director " of the ARAP . Some time thereafter , members of the group began questioning Cafasso 's military background , and , according to Donaldson , Cafasso would not produce his official record when requested to do so . As a result , Donaldson disassociated his organization from Cafasso
TWA Flight 800
TWA Flight 800
Joseph A. Cafasso