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In fact, attorney in the 1990s worked on spy cases from cuba said that there were plots going after politicians, including menendez to try to deal with his political ambitions and mess him up. >> to smear him. >> exactly. >> and deal with that issue that way. dana, good reporting. thank you. let's dig deep were our national security analyst, the former cia operative robert baer joining us from los angeles. he said he wouldn't be surprised if the cuban government were involved. does this have the fingerprints, do you believe cubans could be behind a smear campaign like this? >> wolf absolutely....

Of course, i don't know the fbi's version of this. it's plausible and he would be a prime target to take down. the cubans' intelligence is very good. >> they would have a motive in opposition to the government over there in havana. is it a common thing, extraordinary for them to do something like this allegedly against a sitting united states senator, someone about to become the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee? >> that's a risky operation. i would think twice about doing it, but i could see their motivations. they normally go after lower-ranking officials to frame them one w...

It's a political catastrophe for them and they are trying to cover up as best they can. >> if you're one of those loved ones sitting and waiting, you know, bob baer, thanks for your insight. good to talk to you. coming up next, just what is it like to fly a boeing 777 and how hard is it to turn off the communicati communication in the cockpit. plus, if a plane this big needed to or wanted to land somewhere other than an airport, could it on that chain of islands? a former pilot says yes. if you wear a denture,

Previous crashes could have played a role. >> you could have something on the aircraft that doesn't cause a catastrophic explosion but maybe causes a fire and fire is extremely dangerous. it may have led to power failure and other problems going on. >> reporter: one official says at this point investigators have no reason to believe any of the cargo was put on the plane with any malicious or criminal intent. if the batteries on the plane caused a fire, that still doesn't explain other anomalies, like the pings, indicating that the plane may have flown for five hours towards the indian ocean. ...

Side but wanted out. in 2002, russia said the defector died in a mysterious drunken fall. >> he just died of falling down drunk down stairs. didn't seem credible to me. >> reporter: former cia officer robert bayer agrees the cia and fbi remain skeptical to this day. >> there is certainly suspicion fds the cia and fbi that howard had his neck broken by the kgb. he was an alcoholic causing a lot of problems for the kgb. they had every reason to get rid of him. >> reporter: perhaps as stone puts it, howard was likely a casualty of the cold war finally warming over. ed's death re solved the proble...