Michael Hastings will not be down for breakfast... Guy that brought down Mchrystal

[pistolguy]

wth is anyone doing driving at 150mph, anyway? was that a typo? at THAT spee, who knows what might happen? there's very few such high speed impacts with trees. Maybe the vehicle didn't "center" the tree, you know. However, considering what the Feds have ADMITTED doing and have been SEEN to do on TV, I'd never put ANY low life, Nazi thing past them, and I do mean nothing.

 

[71buickfreak]

If they jacked with his car, they could have easily caused this to happen. Or they killed him first and put him in the car to make it look like a crash. Cars don't burst into flames that often.

 

[dennishoddy]

If they jacked with his car, they could have easily caused this to happen. Or they killed him first and put him in the car to make it look like a crash. Cars don't burst into flames that often.

Forensics can pinpoint almost the exact time of death anymore. I don't believe they killed first, and then the crash. A team would would have had to go in there and remove any evidence of tampering.

 

[71buickfreak]

The body was burned beyond recognition, hell, he could have disapeared himself just to get the heat off!

 

[dennishoddy]

The body was burned beyond recognition, hell, he could have disapeared himself just to get the heat off!

You can't hide DNA

 

[SMS]

SMS, you know me....I'm not one to adhear to any conspiricy theory's, but there is too much evidence out there, of consperitorial automobile accidents, later found to be true to totally dismiss this.
I'm still not totally convinced, but I know a person currently involved in crash investigations for a living, and they use the latest test instruments. I'll run this by him, and see how it fly's.

Oh I hear you. I understand that it is certainly possible he was targetted in some political murder conspiracy. I'm just saying that nothing that has been presented so far moves it into the probable category. The two main assertions of proof from our mechanic-crime scene-vehicle borne explosives experts is that:

A) Engines do not separate from vehicles
B) Cars do not catch fire as a result of crashes

Equals "he was murdered".

The only problem with that is:

A) Engines do separate from vehicles quite frequently in high speed crashes, and in some cars they are specifically designed to do that.
B) Cars do catch fire as a result of impact, especially in high speed crashes. High speed impact (and multiple impact, notice he hit at least one other object before coming to rest on the tree) come with increased chance of gas tank rupture.

I've had to participate in many post-incident investigations, and one thing I learned is that whatever you think the scene is telling you might be completely wrong.

For instance: Just because the car came to rest on the tree, doesn't mean the impact with the tree caused the engine to come loose, and the final resting position of the car does not mean that is the angle the car actually hit the tree. Additionally, the severed fire hydrant yards away gives indication that he hit at least one other object. Did he hit anything else? At what angle? Could impacting another object at an angle at over 100MPH cause the engine to break free and travel down the road? Etc...

There's a science to accident investigation, and I don't think any of us are qualified to make assertions of fact based off a youtube video....except the fact that we don't have all the facts.

 

[53convert]

Hum, didn't I read that he was investigating Clinton on Benghazi.
There's the answer.
The Clinton's did it

 

[Tyson C.]

hmmmmmm

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/2...s-chilling-e-mail-to-colleagues-before-death/

 

[dennishoddy]

Oh I hear you. I understand that it is certainly possible he was targetted in some political murder conspiracy. I'm just saying that nothing that has been presented so far moves it into the probable category. The two main assertions of proof from our mechanic-crime scene-vehicle borne explosives experts is that:

A) Engines do not separate from vehicles
B) Cars do not catch fire as a result of crashes

Equals "he was murdered".

The only problem with that is:

A) Engines do separate from vehicles quite frequently in high speed crashes, and in some cars they are specifically designed to do that.
B) Cars do catch fire as a result of impact, especially in high speed crashes. High speed impact (and multiple impact, notice he hit at least one other object before coming to rest on the tree) come with increased chance of gas tank rupture.

I've had to participate in many post-incident investigations, and one thing I learned is that whatever you think the scene is telling you might be completely wrong.

For instance: Just because the car came to rest on the tree, doesn't mean the impact with the tree caused the engine to come loose, and the final resting position of the car does not mean that is the angle the car actually hit the tree. Additionally, the severed fire hydrant yards away gives indication that he hit at least one other object. Did he hit anything else? At what angle? Could impacting another object at an angle at over 100MPH cause the engine to break free and travel down the road? Etc...

There's a science to accident investigation, and I don't think any of us are qualified to make assertions of fact based off a youtube video....except the fact that we don't have all the facts.

I hear what your saying. I did talk to the person I mentioned, and with lack of a controlled accident where sensors, accelerometers, video cameras, etc were used, it's very difficult to determine what really happened.
I just hope the accident investigators don't have the orders to "make it look like an accident" in their final report.
We both know that has happened in the past.

 

[Tyson C.]

forgot to post story...

Journalist Michael Hastings sent chilling email to colleagues before death

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/2...ail-to-colleagues-before-death/#ixzz2XF7MQfm8

Mere hours before the fiery car crash that took his life, journalist Michael Hastings sent an email to friends and colleagues urging them to get legal counsel if they were approached by federal authorities.

“Hey [redacted] the Feds are interviewing my 'close friends and associates,'" read the message dated June 17 at 12:56 p.m. from Hastings to editors at the website BuzzFeed, where he worked.

"Perhaps if the authorities arrive 'BuzzFeed GQ', er HQ, may be wise to immediately request legal counsel before any conversations or interviews about our news-gathering practices or related journalism issues.”

Hastings added that he was onto a big story and that he would, “need to go off the radat [radar] for a bit,” according to KTLA in Los Angeles.

Fifteen hours later, in the early morning of June 18, Hastings was driving a Mercedes C250 at a high speed when he lost control in Los Angeles’ Hancock Park neighborhood, causing the car to fishtail and crash into a palm tree. The impact caused the car to burst into flames, trapping the 33-year-old inside.

Conspiracy theories surrounding Hastings' death began to circulate almost immediately.

On Twitter and several sites across the web, speculation was rampant that the death of Hastings - whose 2010 article for Rolling Stone led to the resignation of U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, then head of the U.S. operation in Afghanistan - was no accident.

Also Friday, WikiLeaks released two messages on Twitter that added fuel to the fire.

“Michael Hastings' death has a very serious non-public complication. We will have more details later,” said the first. Two hours later, WikiLeaks tweeted more specific information.

“Michael Hastings contacted WikiLeaks lawyer Jennifer Robinson just a few hours before he died, saying that the FBI was investigating him,” the second message read.

It was speculated by others that Hastings was working on a story about Drone Surveillance in the U.S.

LAPD officials said on Friday that no foul play was suspected in the fatal accident, although that did little to quell theories about his death.

Investigators are trying to determine whether there was a mechanical problem with the car, according to the Los Angeles Times. The car burst into flames after hitting a tree in the one-car accident at 4:20 a.m. Law enforcement sources said the car was believed to have been traveling at a high rate of speed.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/2...ail-to-colleagues-before-death/#ixzz2XF7YN6FJ