Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
In an email sent hours before his death in a single-car L.A. crash, journalist Michael Hastings wrote that his “close friends and associates” were being interviewed by the FBI and he was going to “go off the radar for a bit.”
According to the email, sent to KTLA, Hastings wrote he was working on a “big story” and was going to disappear. He told his colleagues that if the FBI came to interview them, they should have legal counsel present.
The subject of the email was “FBI Investigation re: NSA.” Hastings sent the email to his colleagues just before 1 p.m. Monday and blind-copied his friend, Staff Sgt. Joseph Biggs.
In an email sent hours before his death in a single-car L.A. crash, journalist Michael Hastings wrote that his “close friends and associates” were being interviewed by the FBI and he was going to “go off the radar for a bit.”
According to the email, sent to KTLA, Hastings wrote he was working on a “big story” and was going to disappear. He told his colleagues that if the FBI came to interview them, they should have legal counsel present.
The subject of the email was “FBI Investigation re: NSA.” Hastings sent the email to his colleagues just before 1 p.m. Monday and blind-copied his friend, Staff Sgt. Joseph Biggs.
The typical American thought is "our government is not involved in this". If you click the link you will read a comment by someone who put it in perspective:
"I have no idea what happened to Hastings but if an American diplomat or journalist in China emailed an associate saying he was being investigated by Chinese intelligence and working on a big lead only to die in a fashion similar to Hastings less than 24 hours later, the State Dept. would roundly deem those circumstances as suspicious, even if Chinese police investigators said there was no evidence of foul play. That anyone is so willing to immediately accept Hastings' death as accidental, or decide that the FBI's denial should be taken at face value, much less aggressively malign those who think something stinks here, is nothing but an illustration of the degree to which many Americans apparently and against all reason, believe that even our intel agencies, much less our police and federal government, are upstanding and transparent"
The typical American thought is "our government is not involved in this". If you click the link you will read a comment by someone who put it in perspective:
"I have no idea what happened to Hastings but if an American diplomat or journalist in China emailed an associate saying he was being investigated by Chinese intelligence and working on a big lead only to die in a fashion similar to Hastings less than 24 hours later, the State Dept. would roundly deem those circumstances as suspicious, even if Chinese police investigators said there was no evidence of foul play. That anyone is so willing to immediately accept Hastings' death as accidental, or decide that the FBI's denial should be taken at face value, much less aggressively malign those who think something stinks here, is nothing but an illustration of the degree to which many Americans apparently and against all reason, believe that even our intel agencies, much less our police and federal government, are upstanding and transparent"
Yes. In other countries such as China, people always assume the government is involved in some conspiracy.
In the US people are more "naive".
When a car hits in a tree, we usually don't see fire like that. He was not even on a highway and was probably at 45 mpr.
Of course, I don't know what really happened.
In an email sent hours before his death in a single-car L.A. crash, journalist Michael Hastings wrote that his “close friends and associates” were being interviewed by the FBI and he was going to “go off the radar for a bit.”
According to the email, sent to KTLA, Hastings wrote he was working on a “big story” and was going to disappear. He told his colleagues that if the FBI came to interview them, they should have legal counsel present.
The subject of the email was “FBI Investigation re: NSA.” Hastings sent the email to his colleagues just before 1 p.m. Monday and blind-copied his friend, Staff Sgt. Joseph Biggs.
From your link:
Since Hasting’s death, wild conspiracy theories have bloomed on the Internet, implying he was murdered by powerful forces wanting to silence him.
Well, he certainly went off the radar. It looks like he took off a fire hydrant before he hit the tree. That may have ruptured his gas tank. I've seen a vehicle catch fire from the engine, and it took more than 5 minutes for the whole thing to be engulfed in flames. The gas tank had to be ruptured for all that flame. Taking off a fire hydrant could explain that. Then, what was the ignition source?
But, the thing to find out is not the fact that he hit a tree, but what made him go off the road in the first place. Water on the road? Blown tire? Inattentive driving?
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
