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Forgetting2 » 25 Jun 2013 16:00 wrote:The car in the dash video appears to be going 77 mph, approximately, when it goes thru the red light half a mile north of Highland and Melrose. I'm pretty sure that's the intersection of Highland and Santa Monica Blvd he's going thru. (I got the speed from the car traveling 3 times it's own length (a Mercedes C250 it was reported) in 12 video frames running at 29.97 frames per second, assuming of course the video isn't altered or otherwise transferred improperly.)
Regarding Barracuda's insistence that it's just as likely he's on a joy ride of some sort, thats about as much fun as russian roulette. I know it happens. I just don't see any character reference anywhere to think Hastings was that guy.
In reference to a comment I made earlier about having the cooperation of the LAPD, in light of Richard Clark's statement and the other information regarding the ability to hack a modern car, one wouldn't necessarily need the help or even knowledge of the LAPD, it seems. So the idea that a small group made up of people tied to McChrystal or Petraeus (or whoever) are responsible, seems possible.
Forgetting2 » Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:00 pm wrote:The car in the dash video appears to be going 77 mph, approximately, when it goes thru the red light half a mile north of Highland and Melrose. I'm pretty sure that's the intersection of Highland and Santa Monica Blvd he's going thru. (I got the speed from the car traveling 3 times it's own length (a Mercedes C250 it was reported) in 12 video frames running at 29.97 frames per second, assuming of course the video isn't altered or otherwise transferred improperly.)
Regarding Barracuda's insistence that it's just as likely he's on a joy ride of some sort, thats about as much fun as russian roulette. I know it happens. I just don't see any character reference anywhere to think Hastings was that guy.
In reference to a comment I made earlier about having the cooperation of the LAPD, in light of Richard Clark's statement and the other information regarding the ability to hack a modern car, one wouldn't necessarily need the help or even knowledge of the LAPD, it seems. So the idea that a small group made up of people tied to McChrystal or Petraeus (or whoever) are responsible, seems possible.
Alchemy wrote:he makes it very clear in his email that he was working on something very big, he was concerned about the FBI inquiring about his information gathering methods and he felt he needed to get off the radar a bit so that tells me he was definitely on a big story, a story that had sources he didnt want anyone to find and a story which would require him disappearing for a while, perhaps to contact and work with said sources.
barracuda » Tue Jun 25, 2013 7:36 pm wrote:Sorcha Faal says a drone got him, btw. So we can duke that out, I think.
Elvis » Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:03 am wrote:Alchemy wrote:he makes it very clear in his email that he was working on something very big, he was concerned about the FBI inquiring about his information gathering methods and he felt he needed to get off the radar a bit so that tells me he was definitely on a big story, a story that had sources he didnt want anyone to find and a story which would require him disappearing for a while, perhaps to contact and work with said sources.
Exactly. Is there any reason Hastings would not have had spooks of some kind following him?
Fifteen hours after sending out the e-mail saying he was onto a big story, isn't it likely that someone would want to follow him to see what he was up to, whom he would see, watching for things like handoffs, pickups/drops etc. that electronic surveillance could miss, and that might lead to sources, and so on.
If Hastings wanted to get himself 'off the grid', he'd have to shake the people who were probably following him. Probably.
At the same time, the hacking scenario is very plausible, as Richard Clark seems to agree.
JackRiddler » Tue Jun 25, 2013 10:13 pm wrote:How about we make this an exceptional thread, an unprecedented thread, by not bothering with the disinfo farts of the usual farters? How about you don't bother with obvious bullshit, or trying to provoke someone into "duking it out" on whatever the no-planes analogue is inevitably going to be?
How about we talk more about what Clarke said about technological capabilities to hack modern electronic cars, as someone who should know - besides that it's something obvious?
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