But now comes the death of Michael Hastings, a reporter for Rolling Stone and one of the last great magazines out there for investigative reporting. Hastings is best known for writing the article that got General Stanley McChrystal fired and was reportedly working on a story involving the CIA, FBI and the NSA. That all came to an end when his car turned into a fireball and exploded. That in and of itself is a little unusual as Mercedes Benz vehicles don't usually imitate the Ford Pinto without some kind of external help. As a matter of fact the model he was driving was rather new and considered to be very hard to detonate like this.
Still, I was wary because maybe it was possible he was driving 200 MPH on a side street, in the dark, late at night. Unlikely but possible. That was until Wikileaks released this statement:
Michael Hastings contacted WikiLeaks lawyer Jennifer Robinson just a few hours before he died, saying that the FBI was investigating him.
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 19, 2013
That is a clear sign that something is up that is not quite kosher. This reminds me of an investigative reporter, and Pulitzer Prize winning author, Gary Webb who was investigating into child pornography rings run from the highest level of government. This was seen briefly in the media in 1980 as a kiddie porn/gay prostitution ring was allegedly being run out of the White House. The story collapsed over time as everyone connected with the story died under mysterious circumstances. A documentary about the subject, scheduled to run on PBS, was pulled and never aired for reasons never explained. It is now available on the web however and is well worth watching. Webb died of a suicide by shooting himself twice in the head which still seems like a stretch to believe in. It was also a sign that there are forces out there will kill any one who gets in their way.
Many conservatives still say the death of Andrew Brietbart was murder. The fact that his coroner died soon after has led many to suspect foul play. But as he died of a heart attack, had a history of heart problems and didn't seem to be that much a threat to anyone as most of his stories were pure bunk, I lean toward natural causes on that one.
Thus the skepticism I first took of Michael Hastings as any good researcher should. But having looked at the pictures which show a car with no front end and burned beyond recognition, I have to say it doesn't look like a typical car accident. As for the sheet covering the front end, I would guess that Hastings' charred body is still in the front seat and not someone trying to cover up evidence. I discussed this possibility with a friend who's job is accident recreation for a major insurance company. Giving him the type of car and details from the crash he said that in his twenty years of doing this he has never seen a car explode like that from a crash without some sort of external action. ZERO! That is telling.
Now it is possible that for someone insane reason, Hastings decided to barrel through a suburban neighborhood doing a zillion miles an hour but how likely is it? Add to that the fact that he was working on a story involving the ever threatening FBI, and dies hours later is VERY suspicious.
I know what I write is dangerous and this proves it all the same. If the powers that be decide to get rid of me, they will. It's also why I tell everyone I know I am NOT suicidal, I would never kill my girlfriend in a jealous rage and am not an international drug dealer with kilos of heroin lying around my house. If I am arrested or found dead for any reason that seems suspicious, I was framed or killed for what I am writing about. This column takes bravery and more than a little foolhardiness. What are you doing to fix things?
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