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184. Yep. I have not commented on the crash before either,

but I noticed the same public reaction to the crash that you did.
In my experience, it is not usually the auto mechanics, who are the first to call foul on a suspicious event.
But, as our roles in Argentina's "Dirty War" and the disappearance of journalists in Brazil demonstrate, the press has long been a concern for US strategists. Journalists' voices here, have been easily controlled through the newsroom presence of the CIA and by their own self-censorship. Rouge reporters, like Hastings, are harder to control.
Wikileaks revealing that Hastings had contacted their lawyer only hours before the crash and the subsequent denial by the FBI of any surveillance of Hastings, coinciding with the Snowden affair, was enough to make even the most conservative citizen ask questions.