Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Friend: Michael Hastings was investigating CIA before death

Friend: Michael Hastings was investigating CIA before death

Wed Jun 26, 2013


Reporter Michael Hastings died in a fiery auto accident in Los Angeles, Calif., on Tuesday, June 18.

A friend of an award-winning reporter, who died last week in a car accident, says Michael Hastings was investigating the CIA at the time of his suspicious death.

Sgt. Joe Biggs told Fox News on Tuesday that Hastings was working on a story about the CIA and that it was “going to be the biggest story yet.” He added that “something didn’t feel right” after Hastings sent a panicked email saying the authorities were on his tail.

Biggs said that Hastings was a safe driver that drove “like a grandma,” making it extremely unlikely that he would speed in the morning that he crashed.

Hastings, 33, died on June 18 in a one-car crash in Los Angeles which shocked his colleagues and the American public.

“His friends and family that know him, everyone says he drives like a grandma, so that right there doesn’t seem like something he’d be doing, there’s no way that he’d be acting erratic like that and driving out of control,” said Biggs, adding that “things don’t add up, there’s a lot of questions that need to be answered.”

On the same day of his death, Wikileaks tweeted, "Michael Hastings contacted WikiLeaks lawyer Jennifer Robinson just a few hours before he died, saying that the FBI was investigating him."


Furthermore, Richard Clarke, a former counter-terror czar under two different presidents told the Huffington Post that Hastings’ crash was “consistent with a car cyber attack.”

“So if there were a cyber attack on the car - and I’m not saying there was,” he said, adding “I think whoever did it would probably get away with it,” and that “intelligence agencies for major powers” have such capabilities.

Freelance reporter Hastings is remembered for his famous 2010 article that brought down Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, former top commander of United States forces in Afghanistan. In his Rolling Stones cover story, Hastings revealed McChrystal’s harsh criticism about President Barack Obama’s handling of Afghan war.

A few days after the publication, Gen. McChrystal was called in to the Oval office, and fired by Obama. McChrystal had been in service for 34 years.

AHT/ARA


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