With a lead article on CNN reporting a "consensus about a bomb in the hold", it seems that there is a political will to use the unfortunate deceased in this crash to make Putin domestically pay the price of his intervention in Syria, and give ISIL ideas, if they don't yet have them. "Chatter" is now presented as proof. It's the old story of "we know, but we cannot tell you because the proof needs to be kept secret..."
Emerging consensus: bomb in hold downed Russian plane - CNN.com
As for me, I'm just a humble engineer SLF, and I will be avoiding antique cycle-fatigued A321 airframes in the future, especially those which might have seen unreported tailstrikes and heavy landings. I hope someone will be smart enough to get an inspection régime going. One set of corpses is more than enough.
Edmund