Her husband was Michael Hastings =>
Hastings became a vocal critic of the Obama administration, Democratic Party and surveillance state during the investigation of reporters by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2013, referring to the restrictions on the freedom of the press by the Obama administration as a “war” on journalism.
His last story, “Why Democrats Love to Spy On Americans”, was published by BuzzFeed on June 7, 2013. Hastings died in a fiery high-speed automobile crash on June 18, 2013, in Los Angeles, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hastings_(journalist)