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Sun Dec-12-04 11:10 AM
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| Gary Webb dead of self inflicted gunshot woundS! |
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Edited on Sun Dec-12-04 11:16 AM by tinanator
I just heard this on Living Room with Larry Bensen. Anybody have links? This is terrible. http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/11744167p-1263... self inflicted gunshot WOUNDS to the head?
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| -Gary Webb dead of self inflicted gunshot woundS! |
tinanator |
Dec-12-04 11:10 AM |
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Gads |
charlie |
Dec-12-04 11:12 AM |
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Damn! Wonder if he was working on Votergate stuff ala Madsen? n/t |
jamboi |
Dec-12-04 02:12 PM |
#40 |
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2 journalists dead on 12/10/04 ??? Coincidence? |
merh |
Dec-12-04 02:51 PM |
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OMG! THIS is what he was working on- ARMY RECRUITING TACTICS! |
JohnOneillsMemory |
Dec-14-04 10:31 AM |
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Thanks JohnOneillsMemory |
sattahipdeep |
Dec-14-04 11:00 AM |
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Is that Gary Webb of 'Dark Alliance' and the CIA-drug connection |
lostnfound |
Dec-12-04 11:12 AM |
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Yes, that's the one. |
Blue_In_AK |
Dec-13-04 04:09 PM |
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Pardon my ignorance, but who is Gary Webb? |
RebelOne |
Dec-12-04 11:13 AM |
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He was an investigative reporter |
0007 |
Dec-12-04 03:33 PM |
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Here it is |
charlie |
Dec-12-04 11:13 AM |
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his reporting was daring, well researched and riveting |
salin |
Dec-12-04 11:44 AM |
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It's really annoying that the Mercury News did a backward shuffle.. |
lostnfound |
Dec-12-04 11:44 AM |
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Gary Webb, 49, former MN reporter, author |
Sporadicus |
Dec-12-04 11:13 AM |
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The note on the door is peculiar |
Straight Shooter |
Dec-12-04 09:30 PM |
#77 |
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Actually, it's not - let me explain |
Red State Rebel |
Dec-13-04 11:36 AM |
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I understand the courtesy aspect |
Straight Shooter |
Dec-13-04 06:32 PM |
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This is CRAP!!!! |
ProudDad |
Dec-14-04 01:02 AM |
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Not Reagan, Bush |
tinanator |
Dec-14-04 07:15 AM |
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Here is a story on it... |
qanda |
Dec-12-04 11:19 AM |
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Add another investigative journalist to the Bush Body Count. |
blm |
Dec-12-04 11:24 AM |
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How many have there been? |
Geek_Girl |
Dec-12-04 12:39 PM |
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Here's a short list... |
Octafish |
Dec-12-04 08:57 PM |
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Thanks for the list...nfm |
ally_sc |
Dec-13-04 06:58 AM |
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You're welcome, ally_sc! |
Octafish |
Dec-13-04 12:08 PM |
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Ha ha. Great comment: Seems true enough! Thanks for that list! n/t |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-13-04 05:11 PM |
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Very Informative Post - Thank you, Octafish! |
leveymg |
Dec-13-04 08:20 AM |
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Here's a Bush Organized Crime Family starter pack... |
Octafish |
Dec-13-04 11:59 AM |
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The BFEE Crime Family starter pack.............. |
nolabels |
Dec-14-04 09:42 AM |
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Incredible stuff. No wonder they killed Steve Kangas |
donkeyotay |
Dec-13-04 11:27 AM |
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Don Q, Steve Kangas had them pegged. |
Octafish |
Dec-13-04 12:02 PM |
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California is the next neo-con target, not Iran. Think Webb had Ahnuld |
JohnOneillsMemory |
Dec-13-04 04:41 PM |
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Sad to say that reads right, JohnOneillsMemory. |
Octafish |
Dec-13-04 10:00 PM |
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Look at how we acquired Hawaii |
Must_B_Free |
Dec-14-04 01:37 AM |
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How about other journalists committing suicide? |
pipes |
Dec-13-04 04:02 PM |
#120 |
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I see he was quite outspoken against Bush before the election |
eowyn_of_rohan |
Dec-12-04 11:25 AM |
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I think it's a message to other investigative reporters |
shadowknows69 |
Dec-12-04 11:39 AM |
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Many ardent Kerry supporters are not doubt on a suicide watch |
SleeplessinSoCal |
Dec-12-04 06:20 PM |
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Welcome to DU SleeplessinSoCal |
donheld |
Dec-13-04 02:06 AM |
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At least it says 'apparent suicide' |
bullimiami |
Dec-12-04 11:42 AM |
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This story says "a gunshot wound" (singular) |
Barrett808 |
Dec-12-04 12:23 PM |
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neither |
tinanator |
Dec-12-04 12:24 PM |
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Just a rhetorical question. |
Barrett808 |
Dec-12-04 12:35 PM |
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??? |
Straight Shooter |
Dec-12-04 11:24 AM |
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Here's a link to a show he did with us |
Thaddeus |
Dec-12-04 11:30 AM |
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Those unfamiliar with this man should hear his story in his own words |
psychopomp |
Dec-14-04 09:13 AM |
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good link, thank you. nt |
Califooyah Operative |
Dec-14-04 08:03 PM |
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caselaro-ed? |
nashville_brook |
Dec-12-04 11:33 AM |
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Yet they're such |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Dec-12-04 04:56 PM |
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Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion |
Barrett808 |
Dec-12-04 11:33 AM |
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Here's one of the reviews |
qanda |
Dec-12-04 11:41 AM |
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Side temple? |
aquart |
Dec-12-04 11:42 AM |
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Unless it's an in and out shot... |
haele |
Dec-12-04 06:03 PM |
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Maybe "wounds" if a shotgun was involved. |
thecrow |
Dec-12-04 06:25 PM |
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He shot himself more than once |
MuseRider |
Dec-12-04 11:46 AM |
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Ten bucks says he was murdered |
nothingshocksmeanymore |
Dec-12-04 11:51 AM |
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Thousand bucks says you're right... |
BeHereNow |
Dec-12-04 12:32 PM |
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Oh no - is it the Israeli Movers again? |
Must_B_Free |
Dec-14-04 01:41 AM |
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Does anybody know |
Geek_Girl |
Dec-12-04 11:51 AM |
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It says the Movers found him? Why was he moving...to where? |
zann725 |
Dec-12-04 11:54 AM |
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Bush Doctrine of Pre-emption? I wonder what Gary Webb was working on. |
Fridays Child |
Dec-12-04 11:57 AM |
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One more "coincidence" in a long chain of "coincidences." |
Dr Fate |
Dec-12-04 12:04 PM |
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Goddamn |
Minstrel Boy |
Dec-12-04 12:09 PM |
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suicide my ass...this was assassination... |
Guarionex |
Dec-12-04 12:14 PM |
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He was MOVING... |
BeHereNow |
Dec-12-04 12:34 PM |
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Which other journalists have committed suicide in the |
ikojo |
Dec-12-04 05:10 PM |
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If the press doesn't start picking up the slack, |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-12-04 12:24 PM |
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Nobody Will Touch This Story |
AndyTiedye |
Dec-12-04 12:36 PM |
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Is Sy Hersh is a safe, undisclosed location. This is scary stuff. |
bunny planet |
Dec-12-04 04:41 PM |
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RIP Mr Webb. He was one hell of a journalist. As opposed to our modern |
Guy Whitey Corngood |
Dec-12-04 01:01 PM |
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I don't believe it. Not suicide. nt |
glitch |
Dec-12-04 01:02 PM |
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Damn them. This will be happening even more to dot connecters. |
JohnOneillsMemory |
Dec-12-04 01:26 PM |
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Not if we don't let them. |
shance |
Dec-12-04 08:42 PM |
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Conspiracy theorist!!! Voila, I just completely discredited you. |
Mokito |
Dec-13-04 12:53 AM |
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Into The Buzzsaw |
bin.dare |
Dec-12-04 01:48 PM |
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"In seventeen years of doing this, nothing bad had happened to me." |
Minstrel Boy |
Dec-12-04 02:13 PM |
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Another voice silenced! |
merh |
Dec-12-04 01:52 PM |
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Amen merh! n/t |
jamboi |
Dec-12-04 02:13 PM |
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When you start thinking about it |
jdots |
Dec-12-04 02:20 PM |
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This man was a hero. I believe he was a military brat, son of a |
harrison |
Dec-12-04 02:20 PM |
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Looks like our "leaders" are on a streak of assassinations |
IndianaGreen |
Dec-12-04 02:20 PM |
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HOW MANY MORE BEFORE PEOPLE WAKE UP?? |
Blue_Tires |
Dec-12-04 02:57 PM |
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nt |
eowyn_of_rohan |
Dec-12-04 03:06 PM |
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Didn't Mike Ruppert also work on that drug story? |
dotcosm |
Dec-12-04 03:01 PM |
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Gary Webb spoke highly of Ruppert. Ruppert |
Carl Brennan |
Dec-12-04 06:54 PM |
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Rest in Peace Gary. |
anarchy1999 |
Dec-12-04 03:19 PM |
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Someone please tell me... |
KeireG |
Dec-12-04 03:24 PM |
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Cia/ crack epdeimic. of the 80's. Google it. Maxine Waters held a big |
henslee |
Dec-12-04 03:31 PM |
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Excerpt explains it |
lostnfound |
Dec-12-04 03:46 PM |
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It was all part of Reagan's bs war on drugs |
DoYouEverWonder |
Dec-12-04 05:02 PM |
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I was a teenager in the 80's Living in Miami |
Geek_Girl |
Dec-12-04 05:29 PM |
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They silenced another one. |
The Zanti Regent |
Dec-12-04 04:24 PM |
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Use Occam's Razor, folks. |
robertarctor |
Dec-12-04 04:30 PM |
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Use your brains.... |
Conservativesux |
Dec-12-04 04:37 PM |
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Did you even bother to read my post? |
robertarctor |
Dec-12-04 04:53 PM |
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Do you know what he was working on? |
Geek_Girl |
Dec-12-04 05:34 PM |
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Yes. |
robertarctor |
Dec-12-04 06:28 PM |
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i have |
Bluerthanblue |
Dec-12-04 10:26 PM |
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Add to that they didn't HAVE to "hit" him, he was already neutralized... |
JHB |
Dec-13-04 09:14 AM |
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Just to let us know you can't get away with what he did in SJMN |
psychopomp |
Dec-13-04 11:20 AM |
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If you didn't know they are very very vindictive RAT EFFERS |
nolabels |
Dec-14-04 10:13 AM |
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So what did he leave the kids with? |
Must_B_Free |
Dec-14-04 01:48 AM |
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You worked with him but know nothing about him, you admit. |
aquart |
Dec-13-04 11:40 AM |
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I'm sorry. I don't have a theory. |
robertarctor |
Dec-14-04 09:41 AM |
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People just happen to be on internet forums to answer for this "suicide?" |
The Judged |
Dec-13-04 10:55 AM |
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thank you for the information |
RainDog |
Dec-12-04 07:57 PM |
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I am the first to suspect right wing hit squads, but your explanation... |
Merlin |
Dec-12-04 09:07 PM |
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BULLSHIT.............Suicide my ass! |
Tight_rope |
Dec-12-04 04:37 PM |
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It was in the head not hand. |
proudtobeadem |
Dec-12-04 05:07 PM |
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Please, remember STEVE KANGAS |
GarySeven |
Dec-12-04 07:58 PM |
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Way to many untimely Deaths |
LibertyorDeath |
Dec-12-04 09:34 PM |
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woah. |
republikkkon |
Dec-12-04 10:03 PM |
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Yeah well & truly fucked |
LibertyorDeath |
Dec-12-04 10:20 PM |
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Athan Gibbs |
Octafish |
Dec-13-04 09:54 PM |
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We need to better protect folks like this. Maybe investigative journalists |
w4rma |
Dec-12-04 10:26 PM |
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The CIA - Contra cocaine story was the one Kerry investigated too |
RhodaGrits |
Dec-12-04 10:48 PM |
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People like Gary Webb don't commit suicide!! This is highly suspicious! |
Pachamama |
Dec-13-04 06:23 AM |
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Yes they do. Let's not do a Vince Foster here. Anyone can suffer from |
yellowcanine |
Dec-13-04 08:50 AM |
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I don't minimize Depression & Suicide -but anyone who knows anything about |
Pachamama |
Dec-13-04 10:45 AM |
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FOR GOD'S SAKE! what are the odds of 4 Bush biographers committing suicide |
clem_c_rock |
Dec-13-04 10:45 AM |
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"All you wimpy moderates are going to get us killed someday." |
Minstrel Boy |
Dec-13-04 11:14 AM |
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I must have missed the part about Webb being a Bush biographer. |
yellowcanine |
Dec-13-04 01:31 PM |
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y'know |
sojourner |
Dec-13-04 03:47 PM |
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Theories aren't fruitfully explored by making charges supported by zero |
yellowcanine |
Dec-13-04 11:20 PM |
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laughable |
tinanator |
Dec-14-04 07:22 AM |
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Would it seem logical that a person suffering from depression |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-13-04 05:06 PM |
#123 |
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Actually many highly creative people and competent people have suffered |
yellowcanine |
Dec-13-04 11:34 PM |
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A Bush Mafia hit |
ZombyWoof |
Dec-13-04 08:40 AM |
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Why now? He broke the story about cocaine/CIA in the late 80s? |
noonwitch |
Dec-13-04 08:51 AM |
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setting an example, sending a message. and it was '96. |
Minstrel Boy |
Dec-13-04 09:00 AM |
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The San Jose Mercury ran articles on the story in the late 80s-the 1996 |
noonwitch |
Dec-14-04 07:22 AM |
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We're talking about Webb, and his series was from '96. n/t |
Minstrel Boy |
Dec-14-04 10:16 AM |
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Just like Admiral Boorda, and the British Scientist.... |
WannaJumpMyScooter |
Dec-13-04 10:01 AM |
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Anyone knows what he was working on nowadays? |
robbedvoter |
Dec-14-04 08:05 AM |
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I've thought about the 'when' part of the revenge a lot when I've |
higher class |
Dec-14-04 09:47 AM |
#152 |
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But then it could be they found out that he was working on something new |
TexasBushwhacker |
Dec-14-04 10:22 AM |
#155 |
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As stupid as it may or may not sound, it might be only now........ |
nolabels |
Dec-14-04 10:44 AM |
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This was not a Suicide this was murder!!! This is a coverup |
lovuian |
Dec-13-04 09:22 AM |
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Yeah Right - what are the odds of 4 Bush biographers committing suicide?? |
clem_c_rock |
Dec-13-04 10:28 AM |
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So will somebody please name the 4 "Bush Biographers" who have |
yellowcanine |
Dec-13-04 01:41 PM |
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I think these are the investigators people have in mind: |
Barrett808 |
Dec-13-04 02:13 PM |
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Okay, I see ONE Bush biographer (Hatfield) who committed suicide. |
yellowcanine |
Dec-13-04 02:39 PM |
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Strictly speaking, the only "biographer" in the list is Hatfield |
Barrett808 |
Dec-13-04 03:48 PM |
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Steve Kangas? |
Must_B_Free |
Dec-14-04 01:30 AM |
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He's a Bush Biographer? Really? |
yellowcanine |
Dec-14-04 07:47 PM |
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Spaghetti |
SittingBull |
Dec-15-04 05:28 AM |
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ttt |
Blue_Tires |
Dec-13-04 10:42 AM |
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Self inflicted? |
Megahurtz |
Dec-13-04 10:49 AM |
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It has been going on in Russia for some time. |
eek |
Dec-13-04 11:56 AM |
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MONSTERS!! My, how that fucking Bush Body Count is growing! |
ElementaryPenguin |
Dec-13-04 01:20 PM |
#111 |
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Wounds, plural, hmm...I think he was "suicided" |
texpatriot2004 |
Dec-13-04 02:06 PM |
#114 |
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Why can't the second wound be an exit wound? |
Ladyhawk |
Dec-13-04 10:22 PM |
#130 |
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Bush Crime Family strikes again |
Chovexani |
Dec-13-04 02:43 PM |
#117 |
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Shall we add this one to the Bush body count list? |
Sparkle |
Dec-13-04 09:51 PM |
#126 |
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Of course, they weren't self-inflicted! |
Dancing_Dave |
Dec-13-04 10:02 PM |
#129 |
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Wait a minute It say "Wounds ", like in more than one, he must have |
hangloose |
Dec-14-04 12:17 AM |
#133 |
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Yes actually and the guy survived. It was a strange case. At first he |
Garbo 2004 |
Dec-14-04 07:10 AM |
#143 |
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I don't believe it |
ProudDad |
Dec-14-04 12:55 AM |
#134 |
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A faked suicide is the usual way our politians wipe out |
Debbie13 |
Dec-14-04 09:11 AM |
#148 |
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What an amazing murderer this guy was |
Must_B_Free |
Dec-14-04 01:28 AM |
#136 |
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VETERAN DEA AGENTS BACKED GARY WEBB |
major_rager |
Dec-14-04 03:46 AM |
#141 |
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COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE BEHIND WEBB STORY |
major_rager |
Dec-14-04 03:55 AM |
#142 |
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This big hole connects at money laundering, 9/11 and several other........ |
nolabels |
Dec-14-04 11:17 AM |
#159 |
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What is this doing on p.2? |
psychopomp |
Dec-14-04 11:46 AM |
#160 |
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p.3? |
psychopomp |
Dec-14-04 06:51 PM |
#162 |
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Alex Jones is also not letting it rest either |
nolabels |
Dec-14-04 12:37 PM |
#161 |
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todays Flashpoints Robert Parry on Gary Webb |
tinanator |
Dec-14-04 07:59 PM |
#164 |
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Gary Webb-evidence of murder |
Truthbeknown |
Dec-14-04 10:08 PM |
#166 |
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Thanks for posting the link |
nolabels |
Dec-15-04 02:39 AM |
#167 |
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Good lord : ( |
psychopomp |
Dec-15-04 03:20 AM |
#168 |
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Coworker tribute to Gary Webb letter to editor, |
Algorem |
Dec-17-04 04:18 PM |
#170 |
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