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Who Killed Michael Hastings?

October 25, 2013 Carl Gibson, www.occupy.com
The question that Hastings’s unexplained death poses is whether those same private, militarized forces may be bringing the war home as they deploy technology and battlefield-honed tactics to ensure that deeper truths remain unseen -- and that nothing threatens the bottom line. “The government empowers these private individuals and corporations to do almost everything they want," continued Uygur, "including hiring them to kill people. And you’re going to be surprised when they keep doing that with the same impunity they’ve always had? It’s only a matter of time.” Hastings was a frequent contributor to The Young Turks, and Uygur said when Hastings moved to Los Angeles, they often talked before and after each show. Uygur said there were a lot of private contractors who didn’t like Hastings. “At some point,” Uygur suggested, “will they take the law into their own hands, and say, ‘Well, if we were hired to kill people in Iraq and Afghanistan, why not kill them over here?’ Have they done that? I have no idea.”

Who Killed Journalist Michael Hastings?

August 8, 2013 Christian Stork, www.whowhatwhy.com
At the time of his death in a mysterious one-car crash and explosion, journalist Michael Hastings was researching a story that threatened to expose powerful entities and government-connected figures. That story intersected with the work of two controversial government critics—the hacker Barrett Brown and the on-the-run surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden. Any probe into Hastings’s untimely death needs to take into account this complex but essential background.

New Video, Statistics Raise Odds Of Foul Play In Hastings Death

July 31, 2013 Ralph Lopez, www.digitaljournal.com/ ,
A study by the National Fire Protection Association shows that only 3% of vehicle fires are the result of the impact from a crash. Instantaneous explosions of vehicles are almost unheard of. At the same time, a newly unearthed surveillance video shows that the crash which killed Rolling Stone journalist Michael Hastings resulted in a massive explosion which lit up the sky in the immediate vicinity, uncharacteristic of the typical high-speed crash which results in badly twisted metal, but rarely fire. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a premier testing organization, has rated the Mercedes GLK class SUV that Hastings was driving one of the 66 safest cars on the road. An explosion of the type witnessed in the newly unearthed surveillance video is almost unheard of in the automobile safety field, and even more so in a GLK class Mercedes. In a typical instance of a car catching fire after a crash impact, fuel drips and catches fire on the ground and around the car, with no violent explosion.

FBI Sued For Keeping Secret Their File On Journalist Michael Hastings

July 30, 2013 Staff, www.rt.com
Two investigative journalists are suing the FBI after the government failed to respond on time to a pair of Freedom of Information Act requests filed for details on the death of reporter Michael Hastings. Jason Leopold and Ryan Shapiro filed a joint suit on Friday after the Federal Bureau of Investigation neglected to respond to their FOIA requests within the 20-working day period required by law. Leopold and Shapiro both sent FOIA requests to the FBI following Hastings’ untimely death last month, and are now taking legal action in an attempt to expedite pleas that have so far been ignored by the bureau.

Video: Investigate Michael Hastings’ Death

July 13, 2013 AbMartin, www.rt.com , ,
Abby Martin, of RT’s Breaking the Set, keeps the focus on the strange death of award winning journalist Michael Hastings. There are lots of unanswered questions about his strange automobile crash. There needs to be an investigation into the crash of his automobile; materials related to the crash -- including the black box from the automobile -- need to be made available for an independent investigation. Abby Martin takes a closer look at the death with interviews with Michael's close friend, Joe Biggs, who suspects his death was not an accident, and Kimberly Dvorak, an investigative journalist who has been conducting an investigation into the anomalies despite stonewalling from the LAPD.

Remembering Michael Hastings

July 7, 2013 Daniel L. Davis, www.thedailybeast.com
Within days of meeting Michael Hastings I returned to Afghanistan to complete my combat deployment, but our meeting had left an impression on me. Shortly after my return to the U.S. in October 2011, my concerns about the observed truth deficit began to grow to the point where I could no longer remain silent. In part I was motivated to take the risk of publishing my experiences because of the courage I saw in Michael Hastings. I spent virtually the entire month of December 2011 writing my story, which I shared with numerous members of Congress and then in the Armed Forces Journal. On February 5, 2012, the story broke in The New York Times; five days later Michael wrote a very supportive piece in Rolling Stone.