Russian communications intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies showed Russia believed the plane that crashed in Sinai, Egypt, on Oct. 31 was brought down by a bomb, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said on Monday
I really wish these "sources" would shut the hell up. Then again, this really does not make the Intel folks look good. "We heard the Russians talking about it, therefore we think it was a bomb, so we told them, in effect feeding them their own work as our 'intel assistance'" isn't what I'd call exceptional Intel work.
I expect that this might be a purposeful leak used as a smokescreen. Actually, I hope it is or my worries on who is guarding the zoo in the Intel world will have increased.
As noted above, all this talking around the problem has hit the Egyptian tourist industry in the chest with a spike. Not good.