Reporter Who Ended Gen. McChrystal's Career Dies in Car Accident?

[JohnQPublic]

Coroner has not determined if crash victim is Michael Hastings (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-coroner-no-identification-michael-hastings-20130618,0,5825533.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29)
"...The Los Angeles county coroner's office had yet to determine Tuesday night whether a body recovered from a fiery car crash was that of award-winning journalist Michael Hastings (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-michael-hastings-dies-car-crash-20130618,0,7611310.story).

The body was badly charred and identified only as "John Doe 117," law enforcement authorities told The Times.
Coroner's officials were attempting to match dental records to help make a positive identification, according to authorities.
The death of the 33-year-old Hastings was announced by his employer, BuzzFeed, which said he died in a Los Angeles car accident..."

"...Hastings was best known for his 2010 Rolling Stone profile (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-runaway-general-20100622) that led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal (http://www.latimes.com/topic/unrest-conflicts-war/defense/armed-forces/stanley-a.-mcchrystal-PEPLT00007602.topic). Hastings was a contributing editor to the magazine.


At the time of the article, McChrystal commanded all U.S. and NATO (http://www.latimes.com/topic/unrest-conflicts-war/defense/nato-ORGOV000049.topic) forces in Afghanistan (http://www.latimes.com/topic/intl/afghanistan-PLGEO00000021.topic). In the piece, he voiced open contempt for President Obama (http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic) and administration policies.


After it was published, McChrystal was summoned to the White House (http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/executive-branch/white-house-PLCUL000110.topic) to meet with the president. McChrystal resigned afterward..."

[JohnQPublic]

Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash (http://news.yahoo.com/journalist-brought-down-u-general-killed-los-angeles-033806044.html)


"...police said a man who had not been identified was killed before dawn on Monday when his car slammed into a tree near Hollywood and burst into flames in what authorities say was the only fatal traffic accident reported in the city during the day. The driver was the lone occupant of the automobile, police said.

Coroner's Lieutenant Fred Corral said the body of the driver was burned beyond recognition and that further investigation was required to make a positive identification.

Authorities said they had no further information about the circumstances or cause of the accident, which left the trunk of a palm tree at the corner of Melrose and Highland Avenues gouged and charred black..."

[JohnQPublic]

It is coming fast and furious, folks.

[Cebu_4_2]

There is fighting amongst the ranks...

[JohnQPublic]

Journalist Michael Hastings Dies in Fiery Hollywood Crash (http://ktla.com/2013/06/19/driver-killed-in-fiery-car-crash-in-hollywood/#ixzz2WcDXWNjW)


Video at link ("...sounded like a bomb went off...house shook...windows rattled...")

"...The solo-vehicle crash happened near the intersection of Highland and Melrose avenues around 4:15 a.m., according to the LAPD.
Hastings’ Mercedes-Benz slammed into a tree and caught fire.

“I was just coming northbound on Highland and I seen a car going really fast, and all of a sudden I seen it jackknife,” said Luis Cortez, who witnessed the wreck.

“I just seen parts fly everywhere and I slammed on my brakes and stopped and tried to call 911,” Cortez added.

The engine of the vehicle was found in a yard about 100 feet away.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. Coroner’s officials said the body was too badly burned to make an immediate identification.

Police were investigating the possibility that speed may have been a factor in the crash..."

"...Cenk Uygur, host of “The Young Turks.”...
“He was incredibly tense and very worried and was concerned that the government was looking in on his material,” he said..."

[JohnQPublic]

"“I was just coming northbound on Highland and I seen a car going really fast, and all of a sudden I seen it jackknife,” said Luis Cortez, who witnessed the wreck.

Sounds contrived, "I was just coming northbound on Highland" sounds like a competent English speaker. "I seen a car going really fast" sounds like someone more ignorant, but not a typical "Mexican".

How often do cars jack knife then instantly explode and burst into flames sending the engine 100 ft. away? It can happen, but it sounds like it may have had some help (take out a tire or two, then set off incendiary device?). But don't worry, the LAPD is on top of it.

[JohnQPublic]

Hastings' death in fiery car crash is just the latest in a growing list of dead investigative journos (http://www.reddirtreport.com/Story.aspx/25797)

"...And now we have Michael Hastings, dead at 33. A “fiery car crash” we are told. The car “jackknifed.” Not sure how that happens. (Oh and it just so happens that Hastings’ car crash occurred the same day a story (http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/car-hacked-vehicle-susceptible-cyber-terrorism-article-1.1376098) is released saying that “cyber-terrorists and hackers” can break into your vehicles’ electronics and take over, even while you are driving).

Yeah, it was Hastings’ terrific article on the real Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Rolling Stone in 2010 called “The Runaway General” that got a lot of people’s attention. The Operators went even further, giving readers an intimate look into how the military’s upper echelon really think. Ultimately, a disgraced McChrystal opted for “early retirement” due to Hastings’ work reporting on McChrystal's activities in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Now, while we are awaiting the official “accident report,” I should note that in my March 2012 review (http://www.reddirtreport.com/Story.aspx/21839) of The Operators last year, I noted a particularly sinister exchange between Hastings and staffers of Gen. McChrystal.
From The Operators, Hastings writes that as they drank and sang, several McChrystal staff members make subtle threats, saying:

“You’re not going to f*ck us, are you?” asks one staff member.

Hastings responds: “I’m going to write a story; some of the stuff you’ll like, some of the stuff you probably won’t like.”

Another staffer then says: “We’ll hunt you down and kill you if we don’t like what you write.”

Not exactly subtle, in retrospect. Perhaps they followed through with their threat?

One has to imagine that Hastings was looking over his shoulder in the wake of “The Runaway General” piece and The Operators. I saw him on a cable-news program not too many months ago and he comes across as serious and professional.

And now we hear that Hastings’ car “crossed the median, slammed into a tree and bust into flames.” Hastings was found dead at the scene, a’la whistleblower Karen Silkwood in 1974, here in Oklahoma. Will we get the truth of how Hastings’ car went out of control? Granted, a lot of investigative journalists are known to love “living on the edge.” ..."

[JohnQPublic]

Michael Hastings OBVIOUSLY murdered by bomb on gas tank (http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/hastingsmurdered.html)


"...1. There is no impact damage to this car. The only damage there is is BLOWN OUT, not smashed in.
2. This was a Mercedes, not a Pinto, which means it did not burst into flames on its own. One (seldom quoted) eyewitness said the car "exploded". Interesting stuff.
3. Here is where it starts to get REALLY damning - LOOK AT THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. The paint is PERFECT yet the car is ablaze. This means that whoever photographed this was on scene right away, with a camera ready to film this in the wee hours of the morning, and nail it before the fire scorched the paint. HMMMMMM . . . . . .
4. Unlike what the so called single "eyewitness" report says, the car did not impact a tree. The car did not impact ANYTHING. Look at where the car stopped. See much damage there? The front only touched the tree as the car rolled to a stop
5. The car was not speeding, as was said in the "eyewitness" report. The level of damage to that car is that of a 25 mile an hour impact AT MOST. On top of that, it does not appear to have impact damage, it is blown out and not crunched in. It sure looks like an explosion pushed that door out, and nothing crunched it in.

AND FINALLY, THE MOST DAMNING THING OF ALL -
Here we have a car FULLY, and I mean FULLY in flames, from front to back, with NO SCORCHED PAINT because the flame is too new, which means the flame went from the back of the car to the front of the car instantaneously, at the same time it breached the floor and engulfed the passenger compartment before it had a chance to scorch anything, which means ONE THING - A BOMB ON THE GAS TANK, and a PHOTOGRAPHER READY TO SNAP THE PHOTO VERY EARLY ON. Even rapid car fires take time to progress through the car, and totally scorch the paint as they progress. Only a bomb could have blown gas through the floor to the inside of the passenger compartment and under the car all the way to the front of the engine compartment and lit the whole thing up at once. That's the only explanation for the shiny paint while it sits completely engulfed in flames. That flame did not progress through that car, it was blown through it with force and the photographer was on the scene the moment it happened and bagged a perfect shot. I'd like to know how that happened - early morning walk?..."

[Uncle Salty]

Dude was suicided as a warning to all whistle blowers and journalist who dare to tell the truth.

[gunDriller]

Dude was suicided as a warning to all whistle blowers and journalist who dare to tell the truth.

you guys are so cynical ! car accidents happen. i mean, come on. /sarc :)


i think most of the time, the person receives warnings, to back down, before the decision is made to kill them.

but sometimes, prompt action is needed. the person needs to disappear because they won't shut up, and TJPTB need them to shut up.

i wonder if this reporter got warnings first. or if they had any premonitions, perhaps to take the day off the day that they were killed.

[Serpo]

Yes they dont seem to take criticism very well being an under statement.

[MAGNES]

"...Hastings was best known for his 2010 Rolling Stone profile (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-runaway-general-20100622) that led to the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal (http://www.latimes.com/topic/unrest-conflicts-war/defense/armed-forces/stanley-a.-mcchrystal-PEPLT00007602.topic). Hastings was a contributing editor to the magazine.

At the time of the article, McChrystal commanded all U.S. and NATO (http://www.latimes.com/topic/unrest-conflicts-war/defense/nato-ORGOV000049.topic) forces in Afghanistan (http://www.latimes.com/topic/intl/afghanistan-PLGEO00000021.topic). In the piece, he voiced open contempt for President Obama (http://www.latimes.com/topic/politics/government/barack-obama-PEPLT007408.topic) and administration policies.


McChrystal knew what he was doing, he was part of the reporting,
it was his way of telling off the administration, he knew the outcome.

They knew who they were talking to for one.

" Hastings' unvarnished 2010 profile of McChrystal in the pages of Rolling Stone, "The Runaway General (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-runaway-general-20100622)," captured the then-supreme commander of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan openly mocking his civilian commanders in the White House. "

I have the threads on this with the background , McChrystal was not a good guy,
he was part of death squads and heroin state , but he actually believed he was
fighting a real war for his country. He figured out that was not the case.

McChrystal himself is a whistle blower of sorts, a highly disillusioned General.

A key built up thread.

General McChrystal Resigns (http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?30356-General-McChrystal-Resigns)



Michael Hastings Dead at 33 | Politics News | Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michael-hastings-rolling-stone-contributor-dead-at-33-20130618)

" A contributing editor to Rolling Stone, Hastings leaves behind a remarkable legacy of reporting, including an exposé of America's drone war (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-rise-of-the-killer-drones-how-america-goes-to-war-in-secret-20120416), an exclusive interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/julian-assange-the-rolling-stone-interview-20120118) at his hideout in the English countryside, an investigation into the Army's illicit use of "psychological operations" (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/another-runaway-general-army-deploys-psy-ops-on-u-s-senators-20110223) to influence sitting Senators and a profile of Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl, "America's Last Prisoner of War." (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/americas-last-prisoner-of-war-20120607)"



Original article, MUST READING ! McCrystal was a part of this reporting, he took shots at Obama, he knew the outcome, one the good things he did.

General Stanley McChrystal: The Runaway General by Michael Hastings | Politics News | Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-runaway-general-20100622)

[JohnQPublic]

Michael Hasting's Last Story:

Why Democrats Love To Spy On Americans (http://www.buzzfeed.com/mhastings/why-democrats-love-to-spy-on-americans)

[Serpo]

http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/lielielie.jpghttp://www.jimstonefreelance.com/flaminwreck.jpg



He thinks the cars have been swapped ,what do you think?

All of these photos are from the same news video. One question - Why is there a sheet on the front of the car in the photo below? Why are the trees not the same as in the original photo above? Where is the blown out section at the rear of the car, which is CLEARLY visible in the original photo above?

http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/sheet.jpg The answer is obvious. THEY SWITCHED CARS AND LOCATIONS FOR THE DAY TIME PHOTO OP. Look at both of these pictures, you can clearly see the car is not the same. The location is not the same. On top of that, why is the car still there the NEXT DAY, 10 hours after the crash, when wrecks always get towed away within a couple hours, as soon as the flames are out? Why is the front end not mangled in the original photo, or even the tree for that matter?
For the day time photo op which should not have been possible anyway (it would have been towed long before) they used a different location with different trees, and interspersed the night time fire photos and the daytime shots with those of a different wreck to show pictures of a car that was not destroyed by a bomb. Just look and think, it is OBVIOUS.





http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/

[Cebu_4_2]

Pic 1 the road is dry, pic 2 the road is wet, pic 3 the road is dry.

[JohnQPublic]

Pic 1 the road is dry, pic 2 the road is wet, pic 3 the road is dry.

Pic 1- you cannot see the road
Pic 2- neighbors used their hoses to douse the fire (plus some jewish group supposedly helped also according to the news reports)
pic3- hours later the fire is out, water dried up

[Cebu_4_2]

Pic 1- you cannot see the road
Pic 2- neighbors used their hoses to douse the fire (plus some jewish group supposedly helped also according to the news reports)
pic3- hours later the fire is out, water dried up

Pic 1 & 2 look fake.

[Horn]

Makes you wonder with all the computer/electrically driven controls in vehicles these days. If there isn't an override remote control built into the car.

Lock doors, check.

Accelerate to top speed, check

uncheck anti-lock brakes, and employ brakes, check.

[JohnQPublic]

Pic 1 & 2 look fake.

I think pics 1&2 are screen shots from video (maybe youtube).

[Cebu_4_2]

Pic 1 says loudlabs HD

[JohnQPublic]

Loudlabs News


http://youtu.be/3LSY3wVuASg


http://youtu.be/gNhqKRugk8Q

[Horn]

Jimminy Crickets that car had to be breaking the sound barrier to throw the engine that far.

[JohnQPublic]

WikiLeaks says Michael Hastings contacted it just before his death. Are they implying he was murdered? (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100222652/wikileaks-says-michael-hastings-contacted-it-just-before-his-death-are-they-implying-he-was-murdered/)


"...WikiLeaks just threw some gasoline onto the conspiracy fire. On Wednesday night, they Tweeted: “Michael Hastings contacted WikiLeaks lawyer Jennifer Robinson just a few hours before he died, saying that the FBI was investigating him.”..."

[Serpo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RTYEWdA6G48http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RTYEWdA6G48

[Glass]

There is no way that was a 100MPH accident. Thats 160 in our language and even a merc is going to seriously disassemble at those speeds. To me it looks like a slow kind of rolling stop. I saw the charred base of the tree, it looks like it took a hit but not that big a hit. Maybe the guy died before the vehicle stopped moving then someone torched it. No idea what that old guy was spraying it with water. That's not going to help. Just going to make sure hot steam.

[Hillbilly]

That car was parked in front of that tree and detonated. It did not hit at high speed.

[Serpo]

http://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2013/06/car-bomb-used-on-michael-hastings-2452214.html

[midnight rambler]

Hard to conceive how a Mercedes Benz, which is engineered to be the safest automobile in the world, could catch on fire like that from a frontal crash, no matter the speed.

[JohnQPublic]

http://beforeitsnews.com/conspiracy-theories/2013/06/car-bomb-used-on-michael-hastings-2452214.html

The Mexican guy sounded like he saw an explosion ("hitting the floor", probably floor refers to ground, I hear this with Spanish speakers who speak English), then fire, then he motions that he hit the tree.

[JohnQPublic]

Jimminy Crickets that car had to be breaking the sound barrier to throw the engine that far.

I am thinking the bomb went off, blew the engine out, then caused the car to careen into the tree. The engine is on the right side of the divided road, basically where the car had passed by already.

[Glass]

I think the tank that they point out lying there is probably something to do with exhaust, maybe a cross flow system or something. It might be an oil tank if it's a dry sump or it could be an auxillary. I think it's more to do with exhaust because it looks like it has some > 1" inlets/holes on it. Too large for fuel lines, unless it's the filler hose I guess.

Still based on the news story and some of those photos, the car looks like it came to a rolling stop after the motor was blown out of it. It looks like the chassis was bent in the 'splosion.

[midnight rambler]

How's this for a theory? Someone wired his Mercedes for sound, had him GPS'ed continuously, spooked him and got him to run.

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/hastings_red_light_loudlabsnews_YouTube.JPG

Then once they had him moving at the velocity they needed, and had gotten him to position himself where they wanted him, remotely they could do him.

[Horn]

Yeah, was thinking that too.

But gee, when trying to lose someone who's tailing you. Be sure not to go so fast so that when you hit a tree you launch your car's engine 30 yards.

It would be interesting to see the stretch of road and skid marks before hitting the tree.

[Hillbilly]

Did anyone notice the "izzy" washing away the evidence already by the time the cop got there???

[JohnQPublic]

How's this for a theory? Someone wired his Mercedes for sound, had him GPS'ed continuously, spooked him and got him to run.

...

Then once they had him moving at the velocity they needed, and had gotten him to position himself where they wanted him, remotely they could do him.

http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?70402-Can-Cars-be-Hacked

[midnight rambler]

http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?70402-Can-Cars-be-Hacked

Considering most new cars are now drive by wire (no mechanical steering linkage, strictly electric) it's not hard to imagine how a modern car could be completely remotely controlled where the driver has ZERO control of it including being unable to 'turn it off'.

[gunDriller]

"McChrystal was also criticized for his role in the aftermath of the 2004 death by friendly fire of Ranger and former professional football player Pat Tillman. Within a day of Tillman's death, McChrystal was notified that Tillman was a victim of friendly fire. Shortly thereafter, McChrystal was put in charge of paperwork to award Tillman a posthumous Silver Star for valor. On April 28, 2004, six days after Tillman's death, McChrystal approved a final draft of the Silver Star recommendation and submitted it to the acting Secretary of the Army, even though the medal recommendation deliberately omitted any mention of friendly fire, included the phrase "in the line of devastating enemy fire", and was accompanied by fabricated witness statements. On April 29, McChrystal sent an urgent memo warning White House speechwriters not to quote the medal recommendation in any statements they wrote for President Bush because it "might cause public embarrassment if the circumstances of Corporal Tillman's death become public." McChrystal was one of the first to caution restraint in public statements, until the investigation was complete.[27] McChrystal was one of eight officers recommended for discipline by a subsequent Pentagon investigation but the Army declined to take action against him."

McChrystal was one of the guys involved in the Pat Tillman cover-up.

McChrystal headed JSOC - the head guy, in Special Ops.

therefore McChrystal has supervised the killing of lots of civilians. of course the US calls them 'enemy combatants' for defending their own homeland.

as far as i can tell, McChrystal is a "Shabbas Goyim Royale" -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_A._McChrystal

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Stanley_A._McChrystal%27s_retirement_ceremony_2010-07-23_2.JPG/330px-Stanley_A._McChrystal%27s_retirement_ceremony_2010-07-23_2.JPG

not Jewish, but he has served the Jews & Israel his entire career. starting in the mid-70's, when the US was not involved in many wars. then was involved in Desert Storm 1 in the early 90's, and was a 'seasoned vet' by the time Gulf War 2 came along.


however i have no idea -yet - what happened in the car crash.

[Down1]

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.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hastings-crash-emails-20130621,0,2806628.story


http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hastings-crash-emails-20130621,0,2806628.story

[JohnQPublic]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hastings-crash-emails-20130621,0,2806628.story


http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hastings-crash-emails-20130621,0,2806628.story

I hope he got the story info. out to others.

Also, his email said nothing about the FBI, it said "the feds". So FBI denying an investigation may be true, and so might be the email.

[midnight rambler]

Considering most new cars are now drive by wire (no mechanical steering linkage, strictly electric) it's not hard to imagine how a modern car could be completely remotely controlled where the driver has ZERO control of it including being unable to 'turn it off'.

The sole reason not to purchase a recently produced automobile.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQrHnP9lXIU&feature=player_embedded#at=73

[JohnQPublic]

Death of Rolling Stone “Muckracker”: The Michael Hastings Wreck–Video Evidence Only Deepens the Mystery (http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/death-of-rolling-stone-muckracker-the-michael-hastings-wreck-video-evidence-only-deepens-the-mystery/51043/)
"...
I showed the video to Scott E. Anderson, an Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor with Digital Sandbox who has engineered explosions for many films.
He viewed the footage more than 20 times at various speeds, including frame by frame. Anderson concluded, “This was not a bomb.”
He said a bomb would have propelled the car upward, not forward.


“It’s very hard to blow up stuff well,” Anderson said. “I think too many things would have to go right. Luck would be involved. Good and bad. Does someone doing this to Hastings want to rely on luck? Too many things have to go right. It would have to be perfect. And that’s almost impossible.”


He continued, “It comes down to physics. A bomb would have lifted the car and the engine up. Based on this video, the car doesn’t go up, and the engine goes forward, which makes sense since the car apparently did not hit the tree head on.”
He said the fireball may be enhanced by the recording device..."


"...The day after the crash, I found myself in the homicide squad room in South Los Angeles. The Hastings topic came up, and one of the detectives said, “Stanley got him. Took his time, but got him. That wasn’t an accident.” (Meaning General Stanley McChrystal.).."

[PatColo]

Who Killed Michael Hastings?

http://static.prisonplanet.com/p/images/august2013/060813hastings.jpg



In an era of unsanctioned drone warfare—where a man operating a joystick in New Mexico can carry out the remote-controlled assassination of any person worldwide who shows up on the President’s “kill list”—it may not be far-fetched to imagine that similar capabilities, and techniques, are being employed closer to home.

Richard Clarke, the counterterrorism chief under both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, told the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/michael-hastings-car-hacked_n_3492339.html) that Hastings’s crash looked “consistent with a car cyber attack.”

What did he mean? According to Stefan Savage, a computer science professor at the University of California, San Diego, any modern vehicle’s computer system made by any manufacturer can be hacked.
***Read article at Global Research*** (http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-killed-michael-hastings/5355606?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-killed-michael-hastings)

[Down1]

In light of Vault 7 this thread gets a bump.