Michael Hastings: was he killed by the government in relation to the NSA leaks?

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    Background:
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    Watch the video here. Pretty chilling stuff.
    http://ktla.com/2013/06/21/exclusiv...nt-just-hours-before-his-death/#axzz2Wpmgi7WX

    He said he was under FBI Investigation:
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-investigated-FBI-hours-deadly-car-crash.html

     
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    "Military intelligence?" He was a medic. And he wasn't a whistleblower--he came out while it was still illegal to do so, left the military, and used his constitutional right to criticize the policy.

    I think you're reaching pretty far on this one.
     
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    I don't see proof, but the details are suspicious enough, and I have ample distrust of those in power of intelligence agencies, military secrets and top political positions that I do believe it was likely murder. Don't know that to be true, but I'd call it likely.
     
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    What is the random probability of a young person dying within 6 years of famously opposing a major military policy?

    High? Low? You lose the argument either way.
     
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    A) He wasn't a whistleblower
    B) He wasn't military intelligence.
    C) If you think the military targeted him for some reason, what's so special about him and not the thousands of others who came out and criticised the policy?
     
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    I hate when people like you crap all over a perfectly good conspiracy theory with logic and facts.
     
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    Did you see the part that he was working on an NSA story and people connected to him were being questioned by the FBI?
     
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    A. "True, but irrelevant."--Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnam's Westmoreland

    B. "True, but irrelevant."--Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnam's Westmoreland

    C. "He mo' famous than them."--Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnam's Westmoreland
     
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    And the interviewing had begun just a couple of days before his death.
     
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