Originally Posted by jlomon

I found one of the more compelling pieces of "evidence" to be the fact that upwards of 70 bodies were discovered in sections 1 and 2 of the sub when the original photographic survey of the wreck was completed. Those sections wouldn't have had any more than 20-25 crew under any conditions as they were cramped. There were no escape hatches in either section and there was one entrance to the two sections that could easily be controlled by a single person with an automatic weapon. This strongly suggested that the majority of the crew had been forced into this area after the boat had been seized by the 11 unknown crew members, who Sewell postulates was an osnatz unit.

It is an interesting theory on Sewell's part, and it seems to be backed-up by quite a bit of suggestive/circumstantial evidence. If we ever learn the truth and find out it was wrong, it was at least as entertaining a read as most Tom Clancy novels.