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by dram 4687 days ago
The investigator that released the video wrote a good article debunking a lot of the claims out there- http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/07/14/the-michael-hastings-wreck-...

Although I'd never heard the story about Charles Colson, the Special Counsel to President Nixon ordering to kill Jack Anderson, a pioneer in investigative journalism. They considered dosing his steering wheel with LSD among other things but were stopped when they were arrested for the Watergate burglary- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Anderson_(columnist)#Targe...

In 2008, President Bush gave Mr. Colson the Presidential Citizens Medal for all the good work he did after prison.

Who'd believe that a White House lawyer would order CIA agents to kill a famous journalist if those involved hadn't confessed to it under oath?

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Conspiracy theories aside, remember what happened to Aaron Swartz. Psychological pressure & abuse is used without a second thought by LEO & government agents. I would like to see a solid reconstruction of the hours preceding Michael Hastings demise, who he was with, and who he talked to.
One statement in the investigation sticks out to me:

As Anderson put it, “None of this happens without the speed.”

So now that we've got evidence the speed wasn't so high, what does that mean for the investigation?