Ok, they decided that is was a mechanical failure, but
Iran was a suspect and we should attack them now....
U.S. focused on Iran after TWA 800 explosion
By Jim Polk
CNN
Wednesday, July 12, 2006; Posted: 2:20 p.m. EDT (18:20 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House, suspecting terrorism, readied plans for retaliation in the Middle East when TWA Flight 800 exploded over the ocean in 1996 after takeoff from New York, killing all 230 people on board.
"I think our first thought when we got the news was that it was terrorism," President Clinton's national security adviser, Anthony Lake, told CNN. "We especially wanted to look for an Iranian connection."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/12/twa.terrorism/index.html