Hours Elapsed Before It Was Evident Rosenbaum Had Been Beaten, Robbed

[Roland99]

Medical Condition Suspected at First In Journalist's Fall
Hours Elapsed Before It Was Evident Rosenbaum Had Been Beaten, Robbed
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/09/AR2006010901245_pf.html

Jerry Pritchett, a neighborhood resident, found Rosenbaum on the sidewalk about 9:30 p.m. Pritchett yelled for his wife, Claude, to call 911 for an ambulance. The Pritchetts and police and emergency workers noted that Rosenbaum had on his wedding band and his watch. A portable radio headset lay next to him. The Pritchetts did not know Rosenbaum, and he had no identification. Police said Rosenbaum's wallet was taken.

"We put a blanket on him," Claude Pritchett said. "I don't think he was conscious. He seemed disoriented and was not fully aware what was going on. We didn't think at all that it was a crime. I felt this man had suffered a stroke."

The emergency workers wondered whether Rosenbaum had been drunk, police said, but he was not.

Officers "thought he had a medical problem," said Cmdr. Robert Contee, who oversees the 2nd Police District, where the incident occurred. "He had his wedding band and watch on. There was no reason to think it was a robbery."

Interesting....

[jsamuel]

1. this is the first thing I have seen to suggest anything different than the

original reports...

[Mike Nelson]

2. Was he working on a story that got him kilt?

My first thought (this morning).

[Roland99]

3. Not that I'm aware of but he had some recent articles re: spying scandal

[Mike Nelson]

7. If so...

I will remain suspicious. I don't trust the changing facts about this reporter's passing.

[Mike Nelson]

9. When I heard this story this morning...

I thought the reporter said it was judged to be a random, unfortunate robbery. But, I thought... if he was well heeled, he would maybe be in a more wealthy area or maybe he'd be more careful. I also think it was said a sedan was the getaway car. I thought, why would people in s sedan be doing a street robbery? I'm not SURE about the sedan... anyone else hear that?

[hang a left]

12. Yes...

that is what I read. A dark sedan.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. A Sedan? I Think You've Jumped To Conclusions

A neighbor of ours, on a fixed income, drives a 1983 Chrysler New Yorker. Guess what? It's a sedan. And it probably bluebooks in negative numbers.
The Professor

[Zynx]

5. He was retiered

[Mike Nelson]

8. If so...

I think it was as they said... a random murder.

[txindy]

10. He was just as active with his writing, if so. Still writing at Christmas.

Check out the recent articles listed here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x91245

[stillcool]

4. Journalists are an endangered species...

these days. Who's next?

[Sparkle]

6. I'm sorry but this is very suspicious.

It may be payback from the Bush administration to the NYTimes for allowing the leak of Bush's spying.

[pocket]

11. he asked too many questions

and they killed him

[hang a left]

13. Maybe a warning...

to the NYT or other DC journos.

[lostnfound]

14. Wonder if he had plans for a book? nt

[Horse with no Name]

15. One really has to wonder about this

After working trauma for years...most people that come in from being mugged are visibly injured.
Now you have a situation where supposedly the guy laid there--but someone did manage to observe a dark sedan but didn't report it because they didn't think it was important that a guy was lying on the ground after being hit upside the head by two guys in a dark sedan?
The guy has his watch and wedding ring on--when those would be certain cash on the street to a mugger--especially with the price of gold so high.
But his wallet is gone...which makes identifying him difficult.
But also gives access to his address where someone could go to find any papers while nobody sees anything on the street.
So this guy had severe enough head injuries to kill him...but nothing noticeable to the average person to indicate that he had been hit in the head.
I don't know about you all...but this scenario reeks of something other than what is being told.
Very few muggers could kill a person without leaving a trace.
There truly are only a couple of spots you can hit someone in the head and not leave a trace of what you did.
It sounds like a professional hit.

[Lerkfish]

17. good points, and I ask this question: was his house ransacked?

That would be a good reason to hinder identification for a while, so the agents could search his home for papers, etc.

[LisaL]

18. No, because his relatives knew he went for walk, and reported

him missing.

[Lerkfish]

19. ok, thanks.

[tex-wyo-dem]

20. I'm not going to jump to any conclusions on this, but...

as with so many things with this criminal gang of thugs currently running our country, when a pattern starts to emerge (i.e. corrupt journalists, manipulated news reports, bombed news agencies, dead reporters....) you have to take notice.

[hvn_nbr_2]

21. I wonder how long till they knock off Abramoff.

If I were a life insurance underwriter, I wouldn't approve any insurance on K-Street Jack.

[Roland99]

22. Or Cunningham.

But Libby's probably pretty safe.

[stickdog]

23. There hasn't been a homicide in this posh neighborhood in years.

Look at the guy's MOST RECENT articles:

Alito Memo In '84 Favored Immunity For Top Officials, December 23 -- ADAM LIPTAK and DAVID E. ROSENBAUM

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/politics/politicsspecial1/24alito.html?ex=1137042000&en=1f4f072f4031c96f&ei=5070

The attorney general should be immune from lawsuits over illegal wiretaps, Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, wrote in a 1984 memorandum as a government lawyer in the Reagan administration.

The memorandum, made public today by the National Archives, offered recommendations concerning a lawsuit against a former attorney general, John N. Mitchell, over a wiretap he had authorized in 1970 without a court's permission. The government had been investigating a plot to destroy underground utility tunnels in Washington and to kidnap Henry Kissinger, the national security adviser.

Fight In House For White House Files On Katrina, December 8 -- DAVID E. ROSENBAUM

DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 403 WORDS -A new battle over Congressional access to White House files broke out Wednesday over the response to Hurricane Katrina. Mainly at issue is how President Bush and his chief of staff, Andrew H. Card Jr., responded when they received the first news from Louisiana and Mississippi of dire conditions....

New Twist in Texas Districting Dispute, December 3 --- DAVID E. ROSENBAUM AND ERIC LICHTBLAU

DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 929 WORDS -The Justice Department acknowledged on Friday that top officials had overruled a determination by its civil rights staff in 2003 that a Congressional redistricting plan for Texas, advantageous to Republicans, would violate the voting rights law. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales defended approval of the plan, ...

Politics As Usual, And Then Some, November 20 -- DAVID E. ROSENBAUM

In the category of "the weekend's least surprising news," the Times' David Rosenbaum revealed that the current administration has a striking proclivity to pursue certain political goals even when they contradict some of the available facts.