Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Russia Frees Israeli Mercenary
November 20th, 2010Via: BBC: Russia has released Israeli mercenary Yair Klein, who was sought by Colombia for his involvement in the training of paramilitary squads, reports say. Klein, a former Israeli army soldier, is on his way to Israel, Interfax news agency reports. In 2001, a Colombian court convicted him in absentia of training right-wing guerrilla groups. […]
Scientist Who Studied How Mosquitoes Transmit Diseases Dies After Ingesting Cyanide
November 17th, 2010Via: The Tampa Tribune: A University of South Florida researcher stumbled out of her hotel room Monday night and told two guests she had ingested cyanide, police said. Chitra Chauhan, 33, wife and mother of a 3-year-old, was pronounced dead at a hospital about two hours later, victim of an apparent suicide. A small amount […]
Drug Expert Claims David Kelly Was Murdered
November 14th, 2010Via: Daily Mail: Police have been urged to start a murder inquiry into Dr David Kelly’s death following further allegations that he did not commit suicide. Officers have been told the government scientist could not have taken an overdose of painkillers. This overdose was found by the original pathologist to be one of the causes […]
Russia Hunts Double Agent Who Betrayed U.S. Cell
November 11th, 2010Via: MSNBC: The head of Moscow’s deep cover spying operations in the United States was a double agent who had betrayed at least 10 compatriots in a major blow to Russian intelligence, a Russian newspaper said on Thursday. Kommersant reported that Colonel Shcherbakov, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service’s department for “illegal” spying operations in […]
George Hickenlooper, Director of ‘Casino Jack,’ a Film About Jack Abramoff, Found Dead
November 1st, 2010Natural causes… Via: New York Times: George Hickenlooper, a director whose credits include an Emmy-winning documentary about the making of “Apocalypse Now” and a film starring Kevin Spacey as the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff that is scheduled to open in December, died on Saturday in Denver. He was 47. He was in Denver to spend […]
Randy Quaid Speaks Directly to Press
November 1st, 2010I avoided posting this story, initially, but it has become somewhat interesting, from a Beware-Of-Crooked-Lawyers perspective, and maybe other perspectives.
Second Autopsy Shows Banker Had Gunshot Wound to Head
October 21st, 2010Oh sure, “It could be either a homicide or a suicide.” And how did the first autopsy miss a gunshot wound to the head and call it drowning?! Spitz has said previously that his examination on Monday found no evidence of trauma or assault, and some evidence from the body is consistent with a death […]
The Disappearance of Gary Devore
October 17th, 2010Via: Fortean Times: As he drove through the small hours of the Californian night, Gary Devore insisted to his wife Wendy: “I’m pumping pure adrenaline.” “This was not a normal phone call… I felt he was warning me,” Wendy later recalled. “I love you,” she had said, expectantly. “See you later,” Gary mumbled. It was […]
Millionaire with Defense Industry Ties to British and American Militaries Found Dead
September 27th, 2010Via: Telegraph: Jimi Heselden, the owner of the Segway company, has died after riding one of the two-wheeled machines off a cliff and into a river. The multi-millionaire businessman, 62, fell into the River Wharfe while inspecting the grounds of his North Yorkshire estate on a rugged country version of the Segway. The Segway is […]
Obama Argues His Assassination Program Is a ‘State Secret’
September 27th, 2010Via: Salon: At this point, I didn’t believe it was possible, but the Obama administration has just reached an all-new low in its abysmal civil liberties record. In response to the lawsuit filed by Anwar Awlaki’s father asking a court to enjoin the President from assassinating his son, a U.S. citizen, without any due process, […]
