Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Trump Says He’ll Allow Release of Kennedy Assassination Files
October 21st, 2017My guess is that anything released will support the official narrative, but… Maybe not. Via: AFP: US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will allow long blocked secret files on the assassination of John F Kennedy to be opened to the public for the first time. The November 22, 1963 assassination — an epochal event […]
Malta Car Bomb Kills Panama Papers Journalist
October 16th, 2017Via: Guardian: The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near her home. Daphne Caruana Galizia died on Monday afternoon when her car, a Peugeot 108, was destroyed by a powerful explosive device which blew the vehicle into several pieces and threw the […]
Journalist Who Helped Expose Jimmy Savile Dies After Stroke
August 21st, 2017Via: BBC: Ex-BBC News correspondent Liz MacKean has died after suffering a stroke. MacKean, 52, worked for the corporation for more than 20 years but left in 2013 amid a row over the decision to shelve her investigation for Newsnight about disgraced DJ Jimmy Savile. She began her career at BBC Hereford and Worcester, before […]
Slain Activist’s Lawyers Latest Known Targets of Spyware Sold to Mexican Government
August 2nd, 2017Via: CBC: At first glance, the text messages looked innocuous enough. One was a simple “service message,” the sort you might get from your cellular provider, with a link to more information. Another was more serious; the person who sent it said their father had died, and included a link to “dates for the wake.” […]
Wall Street Journal Editorial Writer Found Dead
July 21st, 2017Via: Wall Street Journal: Joseph Rago, a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer at The Wall Street Journal who was known for his richly reported pieces and influence on policy makers, was found dead Thursday evening at his home in Manhattan. He was 34 years old. The New York Police Department found Mr. Rago dead in […]
Former Haiti Government Official Shoots Himself in the Head in Miami-Area Hotel
July 17th, 2017Via: Miami Herald: Klaus Eberwein, a former Haitian government official, was found dead Tuesday in a South Dade motel room in what the Miami-Dade medical examiner’s office is ruling a suicide. “He shot himself in the head,” said Veronica Lamar, Miami-Dade medical examiner records supervisor. She listed his time of death at 12:19 p.m. The […]
House Democrats Want to Know Why a Major Russian Money-Laundering Case Was Abruptly Settled
July 12th, 2017Related: Why Did Loretta Lynch Grant Trump Jr’s Russian Lawyer A Special Visa To Enter America? — Via: Business Insider: Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday asking why the Department of Justice settled a major money-laundering case involving a real-estate company owned by the […]
Kim Dotcom Claims Seth Rich Was WikiLeaks Source
May 22nd, 2017Via: Kim Dotcom / Twitter: I knew Seth Rich. I know he was the @Wikileaks source. I was involved. https://t.co/MbGQteHhZM — Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) May 20, 2017
Private Investigator Claims Seth Rich Had Contact with WikiLeaks Prior to Death
May 16th, 2017Update: Kim Dotcom Claims Seth Rich was WikiLeaks Source Via: Kim Dotcom / Twitter: I knew Seth Rich. I know he was the @Wikileaks source. I was involved. https://t.co/MbGQteHhZM — Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) May 20, 2017 — Update: Family Says Fox Promoting Conspiracy Theories Via: Independent: The family of the Democratic National Committee staffer who […]
Japan Made Secret Deals with the NSA that Expanded Global Surveillance
April 24th, 2017Via: The Intercept: The documents, published Monday in collaboration with Japanese news broadcaster NHK, reveal the complicated relationship the NSA has maintained with Japan over a period of more than six decades. Japan has allowed NSA to maintain at least three bases on its territory and contributed more than half a billion dollars to help […]
