Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Suspicions Growing Over Death of Journalist Probing NSA and CIA Abuses
The New American ^ | 08 July 2013 | Alex Newman

Posted on 07/09/2013 8:32:47 AM PDT by george76

Weeks after the fiery death of investigative journalist Michael Hastings , who was probing abuses by the CIA and NSA and had recently informed others that he was being investigated by federal authorities, suspicions about his mysterious car crash are still swirling around the Internet. While police officially ruled the death an “accident,” serious questions are still surfacing — even in the establishment media and among prominent officials. Based on e-mails Hastings sent out shortly before he died about working on a “big story” and needing to go “off the radar,” it has become clear that he was worried, too.

Hastings, who wrote for Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed, Gawker, and other publications, was probably best known for his award-winning 2010 article “The Runaway General.” The piece helped bring down U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Despite his establishment credentials and what analysts called his “Democrat-friendly” reporting, Hastings had become extremely alarmed about the “surveillance state” and other troubling developments in recent months. His last published story: "Why Democrats Love To Spy On Americans."

...

Less than 24 hours before his death, Hastings made it crystal clear that he was concerned about his own well-being

...

Heavy-hitters from the government sector have expressed concerns, too. Former U.S. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism Richard Clarke, for example ... that the deadly car crash was “consistent with a car cyber-attack.” Intelligence agencies for major powers — including the U.S. government — almost certainly know how to remotely seize control of a car

(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; andrewbreitbart; arkacide; arkacides; arkancide; arkancides; benghazi; breitbart; cia; clarke; fastandfurious; garywebb; hastings; impeachnow; irs; marcrich; mcchrystal; michaelhastings; nsa; richardclarke; snowden; stanleymcchrystal; webb
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-133 next last

1 posted on 07/09/2013 8:32:47 AM PDT by george76
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: LucyT; Brown Deer; MestaMachine; justiceseeker93; null and void; AuntB; seekthetruth; jazusamo; ...

Andrew Breitbart promised to reveal information .. Shortly before the highly anticipated release, the 43-year-old died of “heart failure.” Then the county coroner who conducted Breitbart’s autopsy was poisoned.

Before that, investigative journalist Gary Webb, who exposed CIA cocaine trafficking, supposedly “committed suicide” with two bullets to the head after publicly expressing his concerns that he would be killed


2 posted on 07/09/2013 8:37:28 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

The Truth is Out There, Scully


3 posted on 07/09/2013 8:40:21 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: george76

Wasn’t there something about George HW Bush(daddy), and airport in Mena, AR the CIA and drugs? Kinda “paved” the way for Billy “The Boob” Klinton.


4 posted on 07/09/2013 8:40:39 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: george76

US version of the KGB


5 posted on 07/09/2013 8:41:13 AM PDT by clamper1797 (Evil WILL flourish when good men WILL not act)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76

Andrew Breitbart promised to reveal information .. Shortly before the highly anticipated release, the 43-year-old died of “heart failure.” Then the county coroner who conducted Breitbart’s autopsy was poisoned.

Before that, investigative journalist Gary Webb, who exposed CIA cocaine trafficking, supposedly “committed suicide” with two bullets to the head after publicly expressing his concerns that he would be killed


I see (a pattern of) dead people...


6 posted on 07/09/2013 8:43:18 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Nachum

Of possible interest.


7 posted on 07/09/2013 8:44:03 AM PDT by Black Agnes
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: george76; Nachum

Around 4 minutes
CNN Airs Never Before Seen Michael Hastings Interview: ‘I Wish I’d Had A Few Thousand More Words’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqo4pu4wN5c

July 7, 2013 - CNN’s Reliable Sources guest host John Avlon aired excerpts of a never-before-seen interview he and his wife conducted of now-deceased journalist Michael Hastings and his wife Elise Jordan last summer, in which Hastings spoke candidly about his career-making piece on General Stanley McChrystal, and the loss of his girlfriend in the Iraq War.
More under the video


8 posted on 07/09/2013 8:46:18 AM PDT by Whenifhow
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: george76

I didn’t used to believe this stuff happened, but it seems like a lot of coincidences in the past couple years.


9 posted on 07/09/2013 8:52:10 AM PDT by ilgipper (Obama is proving that very bad ideas can be wrapped up in pretty words)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76; Revolting cat!

The 911trufers haz a new conspiracy.


10 posted on 07/09/2013 8:55:48 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Hotlanta Mike

I remember a LOT of “freepers” here angrily declaring Breitbart was a heart attack waiting to happen, didn’t take care of himself, and totally rejecting any possibility of a hit.

Heavily infiltrated, FR is.


11 posted on 07/09/2013 9:02:05 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoYe_tbik4g

“. . .is to say back to the government ‘We declare war on you’. . .” If he wasn’t slated to get slotted before this, that was probably all the “justification” the gov’t needed. With the NDAA, couldn’t the gov’t classify this guy as an enemy of the State or “terrorist”? People the NDAA, DHS and Patriot Act isn’t to keep the citizens safe from al-Qaeda and it never was, it’s for YOU! Wake tfu!

This whole thing reeks. His car didn’t burst into flames because it hit the tree at a high speed. The damage to the car and tree demonstrates that. So what is the explanation for the engine ending up 150ft. down the road at a right angle to the vehicle?

Basically, this guy was murdered. It should help send a chilling effect on the very small percentage of real journalists left doing their jobs. Letting it be known that the gov’t is spying on journalists also helped send a chilling effect not only to journalists but their contacts as well.


12 posted on 07/09/2013 9:02:43 AM PDT by Hayride
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Hotlanta Mike

When will we learn? If you dare challenge this administration, you had better have a backup plan. You had better have your information in a safe place so if you mysteriously die, your information will be revealed. How many have to die before they start this? We are dealing with Chicago thuggery and they bury their oppositon.


13 posted on 07/09/2013 9:05:43 AM PDT by sgfan1212
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: sgfan1212

Which is why Snowden bolted to Hong Kong where Othugga couldn’t get his tentacles on him...


14 posted on 07/09/2013 9:08:50 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Hayride

From Wikipedia:

“Authors Alfred W. McCoy and Sterling and Peggy Seagrave claim that Nugan Hand was totally CIA controlled (via Paul Helliwell), seeing it as part of a series of CIA-controlled banks, preceded by Castle Bank & Trust and succeeded by the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI). They further assert that the bank was just small stepping stone for the CIA in laundering capital that started during World War II and continues on.[10][11]”


15 posted on 07/09/2013 9:10:30 AM PDT by Justa
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: a fool in paradise

“The 911trufers haz a new conspiracy.”

Start getting off your lazy rear and investigate the facts. This guys new Mercedes hit a tre and completely blew up!?! And the engine somehow ended up 150 feet behind the car and the car exploded!?!

Not very common, especially in a car known for all its safety features. I’ve been in a head on collision at over 90mph in a Saturn and the engine is what saved me (and it most certainly did not fly out of the car...they are designed to fold and dop down....protecting you from the impact).

Common sense tells us something is not right here. Furthermore, they are sealing all records and said immediately it was an accident.

Wake up.

I have learned that most conspiracy theories have at least a small element of truth to them (some more so than others). Sadly, it appears lately there is more truth than I ever wanted to admit.


16 posted on 07/09/2013 9:11:21 AM PDT by GeoPie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: george76

"I see dead journalists"


17 posted on 07/09/2013 9:13:56 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: george76; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; Travis McGee; ..

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don’t add you to the list...

18 posted on 07/09/2013 9:18:49 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: treetopsandroofs

What better target than a person with a preexisting heart condition. I believe Breitbart’s dinner with Ayers a few weeks prior was a contributing factor. How, I don’t know.


19 posted on 07/09/2013 9:24:24 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: GeoPie

Also, the car was fully involved in flames. Exceptionally unusual for a diesel, after all, that’s the reason military vehicles are diesel powered. Diesel is a lot less volatile than gasoline. In an ordinary accident there is minimal risk of fire. It takes an explosion or an incendiary round to aerosolize the diesel fuel enough to get a fireball.


20 posted on 07/09/2013 9:27:54 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-133 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson