[Merged] Michael Hastings, bomb or accident?

[Babe Ruth]

They've already cremated the body, so nothing to be seen there by any private investigator. I suspect the car's remains are long gone.

Destruction of evidence makes for a very neat hit, and an impossible investigation.

[Rafterman]

Surveillance video footage of the crash has now emerged.

[media=]http://vimeo.com/71132682[/media]

Sources:

Report including the video: http://laist.com/201...tings_crash.php

Frame by Frame analysis: http://whowhatwhy.co...rs-a-few-clues/

Car traveling at a high rate of speed - check.

Brake lights flash for an instant in the distance - check.

Large explosion a split-second later - check

Photo of car wrapped around pole/tree engulfed in flames - check

Everything we're seeing is consistent with a fairly standard auto accident due to loss of control at high speeds.

And NOTE, at no time do we see a several hundred pound engine hurtling back at the camera.

Edited July 29, 2013 by Rafterman

[shephardess]

Exactly what does that mean, "The body was cremated against the family's wishes." ? Wasn't it essentially cremated in the accident? Who made the choice to cremate it ? Was the family even asked or was it assumed because it was so badly mutilated and burnt that this was the logical choice. Who has the authority to decide to cremate a body besides the family?

Where can I find the answer to these questions?

Rest in Peace Michael Hastings, I hope the truth comes out, Either way you are a hero for being a responsible journalist, a rare breed.

[Tiggs]

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

Sources:

http://rt.com/usa/fbi-lawsuit-michael-hastings-753/

https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/07/were-suing-fbi-records-journalist-michael-hastings

[seeder]

Digital Carjackers Show Off New Attacks

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Edited July 30, 2013 by seeder

[Babe Ruth]

Thanks very much for that Seeder! Truly amazing for me!

Makes it that much more likely that Hastings was taken out for nefarious purposes.

[+ouija ouija]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2394278/Renowned-investigative-journalist-Michael-Hastings-working-story-CIA-Chief-John-Brennan-time-mysterious-death.html

This is about Michael Hastings, a journalist who died in a car crash just 24hrs after contacting his editor to warn him that 'the feds are interviewing my close friends and associates', supposedly with regard to a book Hastings was working on about CIA Chief John Brennan.

[darkmoonlady]

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=249877

[+ouija ouija]

http://www.unexplain...howtopic=249877

Ooops! I only looked down the first page to see if this had already been covered. I didn't realise the story was a couple of months old. Thanks for posting that link.

[Kowalski]

Just saw this:

Link: http://www.foxnews.c...test=latestnews

The Los Angeles Coroner’s Office says journalist Michael Hastings, who won fame writing the Rolling Stone article that ended General Stanley McChrystal's career, had drugs including amphetamines and marijuana in his system when he was killed in a fiery car crash in June.

However, a toxicology report states the amphetamines, likely meth, were "unlikely to have an intoxicative effect at the time of the accident,” and that Hastings likely ingested the marijuana hours earlier.

Hasting’s cause of death was massive blunt force trauma, and the coroner determined he likely lost consciousness upon impact and died within seconds

Edited August 20, 2013 by Kowalski

[Sweetpumper]

Coroner: Hastings' death ruled 'accident'

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By DYLAN BYERS |

8/20/13 3:57 PM EDT

Michael Hastings' death in a car crash in Los Angeles this summer was an "accident," according to a recently released autopsy report from the Los Angeles coroner's office.

The coroner's office said that Hastings died of "traumatic injuries" as a result of the car crash, according to a Los Angeles Times report. It also found that Hastings had "traces of amphetamine in his system, consistent with possible intake of methamphetamine many hours before death, as well as marijuana," though neither were believed to be a factor in the crash.

Hastings had recently started using drugs after 14 years of stated sobriety and his "family was attempting to get him to go to detox," the report stated. Hours before the crash, which took place at 5 a.m. in Hancock Park, Hastings was seen "passed out."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/08/hastings-death-linked-to-drug-use-170876.html

[Imaginarynumber1]

Michael Hastings, 1 thread or 2?

[seeder]

Coroner: Hastings' death ruled 'accident'

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By DYLAN BYERS |

8/20/13 3:57 PM EDT

Michael Hastings' death in a car crash in Los Angeles this summer was an "accident," according to a recently released autopsy report from the Los Angeles coroner's office.

The coroner's office said that Hastings died of "traumatic injuries" as a result of the car crash, according to a Los Angeles Times report. It also found that Hastings had "traces of amphetamine in his system, consistent with possible intake of methamphetamine many hours before death, as well as marijuana," though neither were believed to be a factor in the crash.

Hastings had recently started using drugs after 14 years of stated sobriety and his "family was attempting to get him to go to detox," the report stated. Hours before the crash, which took place at 5 a.m. in Hancock Park, Hastings was seen "passed out."

http://www.politico....use-170876.html

thanks for the update! Itd be even stranger tho if they said he was assassinated by covert electronic control of his car, or by a cleverly timed bomb being set off - wouldnt tit? But again if he was a drug user and off his face with paranoia it could of course explain a mundane crash and a DUI

so, case closed then I guess

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Edited August 20, 2013 by seeder

[Rlyeh]

There must have been a second shooter.

[Truthseeker007]

I'm pretty sure he was murdered.

[Truthseeker007]

Do you remember when Toyota was having to recall so many cars for accidents caused by gas pedals sticking and they also were hit with some huge law suits because of people dying in car crashes because of this

Well, at that time Cosmic Awareness was asked about this and It said that these cars were taken over remotely and made to do this. It said this could be done to any modern car because all of these systems are computerized. It said that this could be done by satellites. It was also stated that this particular action (Toyota) was being done as a sort of economic warfare.

This was at a time when American auto companies sales were way down and many were facing bankruptcy, and one of their chief competitors was the Japanese auto industry, and in particular, Toyota which had built a reputation of having a safe reliable car that would last for years. All of the accidents were designed to shatter that perception in people's minds and to cost Toyota millions in law suits. This was intended to help American auto producers to make big inroads into the Japanese market here in the US and thus help the American auto industry.

At the time many said that they thought what Cosmic awareness was giving as a reason for Toyota's problems was ridiculous. I don't think it sounds so ridiculous anymore. How about you?

http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/testforum.cgi?noframes;read=280770

Michael Hastings Car Hacked and Remotely Driven into a Tree to Murder Him?

[Truthseeker007]

This is the first of a two part story which examines the three following questions:

1. Was Michael Hastings murdered?

2. If so, why was he murdered?

3. How was the murder accomplished?

Read Here:

http://thecommonsenseshow.com/2013/07/21/beyond-a-reasonable-doubt-hastings-was-murdered/