Former CIA director fears the EgyptAir crash was an 'inside job'

With terrorism being the primary theory for what took down EgyptAir Flight 804, suspicions were further heightened Friday when it was revealed that the passenger manifest for the flight contained no known names on terror watch lists. Speaking to CNN, former CIA director James Woolsey said that he believes there is a "pretty high possibility" that an airport worker was behind the plane's crash:

Australian civil aviation expert Geoffrey Thomas also questioned if the Paris-to-Cairo bound plane was taken down by someone behind the scenes. "The one thing that the industry does fear is the 'inside job' when you have an airport worker who might be associated with some groups," he said. "There’s always a possibility that something is smuggled on board.”

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