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naaman fletcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:58 PM
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Mark Pittman, Reporter Who Challenged Fed Secrecy (and won), Dies at 52
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Pittman, the award-winning reporter whose fight to make the Federal Reserve more accountable to taxpayers led Bloomberg News to sue the central bank and win, died Nov. 25 in Yonkers, New York. He was 52.

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http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=afp8OC.OvRnI&pos=12


Not a conspiracy guy myself, but this is the guy who has exposed the entire corrupt system.
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LakeSamish706 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 12:08 AM
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1. How did he die would be more helpful? Is/was there an autopsy? n/t
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naaman fletcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 12:13 AM
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2. no news yet.
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 12:33 AM
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3. Oh geez: from link
At the time of his death, Pittman’s outgoing messages offered a link to a black-and-white photo of folk musician Woody Guthrie. Written on Guthrie’s guitar: “This machine kills fascists.”
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naaman fletcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 12:36 AM
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4. here it is:
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 12:46 AM
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5. that was my first thought
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