[Peace-discuss] Death of Michael Hastings

[C. G. Estabrook]

Suppose Russia or China had spy agencies and military divisions whose world-wide assassinations (by drone or death-squad) had killed thousands of of people, and were on-going and well-known (like the CIA and JSOC under the Obama administration)? 

So far as I know, that's not the case in Russia or China, although there were at least two relatively recent cases in London in which assassinations (of Russian rogue agents) were ascribed to the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), successor to the KGB. 

But under that supposition, wouldn't the sudden death of a leading Russian or Chinese journalistic critic of those agencies seem suspicious? 

--CGE

On Jun 20, 2013, at 12:00 PM, <ewj at pigsqq.org> wrote:

> 100% of a Beijing-based focus group,
> after hearing the circumstances of Hasting's death
> say---
> 
> he was clearly murdered by people who wanted him dead.
> 
> 
>> -------Original Message-------
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>> font sib with big duckling.
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>>>   -------Original Message-------
>>>   From: C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com>
>>>   To: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
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>>>   Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Death of Michael Hastings
>>>   Sent: Jun 20 '13 03:44
>>>   
>>>   http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/06/famed-non-automotive-journalist-michael-hastings-turns-a-c250-into-a-bomb/
>>>   
>>>   "...I’ve seen dozens of cars hit walls and stuff at high speeds and the number of them that I have observed to eject their powertrains and immediately catch massive fire is, um, ah, zero. Modern cars are very good at not catching fire in accidents. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which is an evolutionary design from a company known for sweating the safety details over and above the Euro NCAP requirements, should be leading the pack in the not-catching-on-fire category..."
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>>>   
>>>   On Jun 18, 2013, at 11:28 PM, C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>   > Is Michael Hastings' death JSOC's revenge - and a warning to other journalists?
>>>   >
>>>   > <http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/06/michael_hastings_car_crash_highland_hollywood_video.php>
>>>   >
>>>   > (JSOC - the Joint Special Operations Command - was headed by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the Afghanistan commander whom Hastings' article took down. See <http://www.thenation.com/blog/160332/jsoc-black-ops-force-took-down-bin-laden#axzz2WdFcSbOk>.)
>>>   >
>>>   > The Obama administration killed US citizen Anwar Alawlaki for what he said, not what he did. Michael Hastings too?
>>>   >
>>>   > Hastings' last (published) article: "Why Democrats Love To Spy On Americans" <www.buzzfeed.com>.
>>>   >
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