New York Times Journalist Dies After Attack (in DC)

[soothsayer]

Washington (AP) - A New York Times journalist, who was attacked Friday night while walking in Northwest D.C. has died.

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Rosenbaum was being treated for a head injury following the attack in the 3800 block of Gramercy Street. He was beaten from behind and his wallet was stolen.

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Rosenbaum, who worked for the Washington bureau of the New York Times for more than 30 years, was 63.

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Prolly just a mugging, but I'm posting it here just in case it's bushco at work....

edited to include link:
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0106/292109.html

[TheDebbieDee]

1. Hmmmmmm. What story was he working on, I wonder.

[hang a left]

3. Yeah...

did he have any PICTURES? Seems those are a hot item right now.

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. MY FIRST THOUGHT! Did he know something?

:scared:

[buddysmellgood]

21. You gotta wonder. The whole Bush spy thing. The pressure to not release

the story. Now the consequences.

[Kire]

29. His wallet was stolen.

According to Law & Order, that means the motive is less likely to be personal or professional. Also, he didn't die right away. Bush's hit men probably would have whacked him right there if he were working on something sensitive.

[hang a left]

32. Do you think that professional murderers don't know to make it look

like a robbery, or an accident, or something other than what the motive actually is? Maybe he wasn't supposed to die. Maybe he was supposed to be warned. Kind of like that aide of Grassley's.

[FreedomAngel82]

26. I wonder too

Wow.

[hang a left]

2. Would love to read the whole thing.

Do you have a link?

[RagingInMiami]

4. Great material for a new conspiracy theory

[babylonsister]

6. More from WaPo:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/07/AR2006010701098.html

Aside from three years at the Times's headquarters in New York, Rosenbaum had been a member of the Washington bureau for his entire career, his brother said.

Relatives and colleagues said Rosenbaum had accepted a buyout last month but still did work for the bureau.

Robin Toner, a colleague in the bureau, said Rosenbaum's assignments included that of chief economics correspondent and several editing posts. He shared the 1990 George Polk Award for national reporting for coverage of the federal budget. Toner called him "a terrific reporter and a great human being."

The area where the attack occurred is regarded as one of the safest in the city. Residents have reported robberies from time to time, but violent attacks are rare.

[hang a left]

8. thanks n/t

[soothsayer]

17. 2 men seen leaving the area in a dark-colored vehicle....?

Well.... "Police are investigating a report that two men were seen leaving the area in a dark-colored vehicle, Gentile said."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/07/AR2006010701098.html

[spooky3]

23. Here's a WaPo update:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/08/AR2006010801179_2.html

Robbery appears to be the motive.

There have also been an unusual number of robberies and assaults in another "nice" area recently (Georgetown).

[MountainLaurel]

63. Not Georgetown

That area is way far north of Gtown, fairly close to the MD border. (You can tell by the three-syllable street name Gramercy.) I would say it's more Cleveland Park/Van Ness than anything.

[katinmn]

31. "...had accepted a buyout last month

but still did work for the bureau."

?

[Garbo 2004]

7. From a quick google, looks like Bush lost a supporter.

http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh062303.shtml

[hang a left]

12. Interesting

I wonder if he was at any Hannukah celebrations at the WH??

[SeveneightyWhoa]

25. I wouldn't base anything on ONE article!

Your "quick google" proves absolutely nothing. Unless you can determine that there's a pattern of pro-Bush writing from this man, you shouldn't allege that he's a "supporter."

[MaryRN]

9. David Rosenbaum?

If so, here's a few of his latest...

DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE: THE NOMINATION; Alito Memo in '84 Favored Immunity for Top Officials
... and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE: THE NOMINATION ... and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM ...View free preview


December 21, 2005 - (NYT) - Editorials and Op-Ed - Letter - 240 words
Bush Account of a Leak's Impact Has Support
... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM Bush Account of a Leak ... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM ...View free preview



December 9, 2005 - (NYT) - Arts - Schedule - 2372 words
Fight in House for White House Files on Katrina
... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM Fight in House for White ... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM ...View free preview



"There is nothing worse than gangrene of the soul." Mike Malloy 1/05

[soothsayer]

15. Yep, it's David E. Just watching the news story on it

[MaryRN]

18. Are you watching on cable?

O8)

[soothsayer]

19. No, local tv. Have seen the story on DC's WJLA (abc) tv 7, and

earlier at the 10 o'clock news on local fox wttg channel 5

[MaryRN]

30. Thanks - will keep my eyes open for it.

:)

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. Damn.

[madfloridian]

10. Here's a page with some of his articles.

http://www.timeswatch.org/topicindex/R/rosenbaum_david/welcome.asp

And something about him from the Daily Howler.
http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh062303.shtml

[notadmblnd]

11. Maybe someone should start keeping track of the number of jounalists

that die of apparent random voilence or sudden bouts of depression that drives them to commit suicide:shrug:

[fearnobush]

13. Gramercy Street, beaten to death - Sounds like this reporter

had some goods. Not the green kind.

[spooky3]

22. This is a very "nice" area of town. Not much street crime there.

[fearnobush]

38. I know, they were not after his wallet I'm sure.

I'm sure his next story would have been most damaging.

[leveymg]

58. Someone tried to use his stolen credit card the next day.

Too soon to draw any meaningful conclusions about this one.

[stickdog]

65. Right. Because someone tossed it out the window in a much

poorer neighborhood.

Right?

[Bozita]

14. Rosenbaum's latest articles from NYT database

http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=David%20Rosenbaum&date_select=full&srchst=nyt

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1.
 DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE: THE NOMINATION; Alito Memo in '84 Favored Immunity for Top Officials
... ADAM LIPTAK and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE: ... ADAM LIPTAK and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM ...View free preview
December 24, 2005 - By ADAM LIPTAK and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM (NYT) - National - News - 1086 words

2.
 Bush Account of a Leak's Impact Has Support
... leaks. By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM Bush Account of ... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM ...View free preview
December 20, 2005 - By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM (NYT) - National - News - 524 words

3.
 Where to Hear (and Sing) the Songs of the Season
... Matin Responsory, David Hurd's ''Prose ... Singers; Harold Rosenbaum, conductor. 8 p.m. ... , arranged by David Willcocks; ''Angels ...View free preview
December 9, 2005 - (NYT) - Arts - Schedule - 2372 words

4.
 Fight in House for White House Files on Katrina
... situation. By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM Fight in House ... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM ...View free preview
December 8, 2005 - By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM (NYT) - National - News - 403 words

5.
 New Twist in Texas Districting Dispute
... 2002. By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM and ERIC LICHTBLAU ... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM and ERIC LICHTBLAU ...View free preview
December 3, 2005 - Carl Hulse contributed reporting for this article.; By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM and ERIC LICHTBLAU (NYT) - National - News - 929 words

6.
 THE NATION; Politics as Usual, And Then Some
... Congress. By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM THE NATION; ... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM ...View free preview
November 20, 2005 - By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM (NYT) - Washington - News - 1665 words

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 Director of Congressional Budget Office to Leave
... Holtz-Eakin. By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM Director of Congressional ... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM ...View free preview
November 15, 2005 - By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM (NYT) - National - News - 408 words

8.
 Court Choice Conservative by Nature, Not Ideology
... ' '' David J. Grais, who had ... Patrick McGeehan and David E. Rosenbaum. Court Choice ... Patrick McGeehan and David E. Rosenbaum. ...View free preview
November 7, 2005 - By JANNY SCOTT; Reporting for this article was contributed by Alison Leigh Cowan, Richard Lezin Jones, Patrick McGeehan and David E. Rosenbaum. (NYT) - National - News - 3140 words

9.
 Panel Urges Big Cut in Mortgage Deduction
... interest. By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM Panel Urges Big ... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM ...View free preview
November 2, 2005 - By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM (NYT) - National - News - 922 words

10.
 THE LEAK INQUIRY: HISTORY; The Latest in Second-Term Scandals
... either. By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM THE LEAK INQUIRY ... By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM ...View free preview
October 30, 2005 - By DAVID E. ROSENBAUM (NYT) - National - News - 1062 words

more...

[Nikki Stone 1]

20. Most are pretty heavy articles

Hmmm

Northwest DC isn't even the dangerous part, according to my friend who lived near there.

[Name removed]

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[mom cat]

36. He was looking into Alito:

DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE: THE NOMINATION; Alito Memo in '84 Favored Immunity for Top Officials

DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 1086 WORDS -The attorney general should be immune from lawsuits for ordering wiretaps of Americans without permission from a court, Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, wrote in a memorandum in 1984 as a government lawyer in the Reagan administration. The memorandum, released yesterday by the National Archives,...
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C12F83E540C778EDDAB0994DD404482

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. A blog that discusses his articles....

http://annotatedtimes.blogrunner.com/snapshot/D/7/8/386D97E000122578/

[katinmn]

27. He wrote a lot about Alito and Junior's spy program

Maybe someone is sending a message.

[in_cog_ni_to]

55. Interesting, isn't it? The Alito hearings start day AFTER he's MURDERED

????????????????This is NO coincidence. Sorry. ALL these CONVENIENT coincidences are beyond belief now.

[FogerRox]

59. Nearly 40 years working for the NYT. Retired but came back P/T

It was payback-- a warning--last nites thread-
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=85360&mesg_id=85751

[katinmn]

62. And the US journalist kidnapped in Iraq Saturday makes 31....

Jill Carroll, 28, on assignment with the Christian Science Monitor, was outside the office of a Sunni politician whom she was to interview when she was taken.

AP and other newz outlets agreed to "blackout" the news till today. Why?

Reporters are being targeted and warned NOT to report the truth.

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2006/01/10/300695.html
Iraqi Police Seek Kidnapped U.S. Reporter
By PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Writer

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After initial reports of the kidnapping on Saturday, The Associated Press and other news organizations honored a request from the newspaper in Boston and a journalists' group in Baghdad for a news blackout. The request was made to give authorities an opportunity to try to resolve the incident during the early hours after the abduction.

At the time of the kidnapping, police Maj. Falah Mohamadawi said Carroll's translator, identified on a U.S.-issued press card as Alan John Ghazi, told police before he died that he and Carroll had gone to meet al-Dulaimi, the leader of the Iraqi Accordance Front.

However, the newspaper identified the translator as Allan Enwiyah, 32.
more

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0110/p01s04-woiq.html
31 reporters abducted

Jill is the latest of 31 journalists to have been kidnapped in Iraq since the beginning of the war according to Reporters Sans Frontières, an advocacy group in Paris. Thousands of Iraqis and more than 250 foreigners have been abducted, some by gangs seeking ransom, others by insurgents demanding the departure of US troops from Iraq. Four Christian peace activists are among the dozen or so foreigners still being held captive.

[MaryRN]

33. Here's something..a "homocide.."

Click here: ABC 7 News - New York Times Journalist Dies After Attack

New York Times Journalist Dies After Attack
Sunday January 08, 2006 9:18pm


Washington (AP) - A New York Times journalist, who was attacked Friday night while walking in Northwest D.C. has died.

D.C. Police Sergeant Joe Gentile says David Rosenbaum was pronounced dead tonight at 7:10 p.m.

Rosenbaum was being treated for a head injury following the attack in the 3800 block of Gramercy Street. He was beaten from behind and his wallet was stolen.

Gentile says the case is being treated as a homicide, pending autopsy results. There are still no suspects in the case.

A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered to anyone who has information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the attack.

Rosenbaum, who worked for the Washington bureau of the New York Times for more than 30 years, was 63.

[HR_Pufnstuf]

34. TimesWatch.org - Rosenbaum 2004 Articles Archive

http://www.timeswatch.org/topicindex/R/rosenbaum_david/welcome.asp

[AuntiBush]

35. So Surreal...

Like watching a true to life movie, except it's really "real!"

Snip

Police said Rosenbaum's wallet was taken, and his brother, Marcus, said the family received a call Saturday indicating that an effort had been made to use a credit card belonging to Rosenbaum.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/08/AR2006010801179.html

[Bozita]

37. Don't need my tinfoil to see the credit card thing

Without an attempt to use it, what have you got?

A killing for reasons other than economic.

[burythehatchet]

39. Poor guy. Another BFEE coincidence

he was writing about Alito, with the judge's hearings beginning tomorrow.

[lvx35]

40. Heroism

If he got whacked for writing on Bush's crimes against the constituion, he's a hero, as much as anybody who gave their life defending it or fighting for our constitution.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

41. I refuse to believe that this is just a mugging. This happens way

to often.......

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

42. Kick! eom

[lonestarnot]

44. I'm with you!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

46. And you would think because he has worked on so many important

stories, his death would be national news. As far as I can see, nada this morning.

[susu369]

49. I find that curious as well

very little coverage that I can find.

[lonestarnot]

52. Very curious indeed.

[robbedvoter]

43. My first thought: was it the snoopgate guy?

[helderheid]

51. apparently!

:scared:

[MetaTrope]

45. Cokie Roberts was just offering bland platitudes about him on NPR

Her voice cracking and shaking. Good thing she knows what side her bread is buttered on.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

47. At least it hit NPR.

[dooner]

50. yes, but she said "he covered congress" and

she made a remark about how we forget that reporters are serving their country or something like that.
Who knew reporting was such risky business, huh Cokie??

[txindy]

64. Reporters are serving their country? I have to agree.

But not this country and its reporters. Reporters from other countries, though, rock. Ours....Not so much.

[Perky]

48. Who's Congressional aide got mugged a few weeks back?

[LincolnMcGrath]

53. I believe one of Chuck Grassley's aides was attacked recently.

[Perky]

57. No tin Foil hat... butwopuld ber inerting to know id the two victims know

eachother.

[QuettaKid]

54. His brother is a reporter for NPR. nt.

.

[Junkdrawer]

56. K&R n/t

[FogerRox]

60. payback right? A WArning right?

It was payback-- a warning--last nites thread-
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=85360&mesg_id=85751

Jim Hatfield, author of Fortunate SOn on GWB, died shortly after publication.

The writer for the SAn Jose Mercury Press who wrote on Iran Contra, COKE

2 suicides, one mugging.

[dogindia]

61. kick. n/t

[Imagevision]

66. lets see what happens when Abramoff drops the oyher shoe...!