Sgt. Joe Biggs says journalist would never have driven at high speedPaul Joseph Watson
A friend of Michael Hastings told Fox News today that the Rolling Stone journalist was working on the ?the biggest story yet? about the CIA before his suspicious death and that Hastings drove ?like a grandma,? making it extremely out of character for him to be speeding in the early hours of the morning.
Sgt. Joe Biggs told Fox News? Megyn Kelly that ?something didn?t feel right? after Hastings sent a panicked email saying the authorities were on his tail, adding that the story of him driving at high speed in the early hours of the morning was completely out of character.
?His friends and family that know him, everyone says he drives like a grandma, so that right there doesn?t seem like something he?d be doing, there?s no way that he?d be acting erratic like that and driving out of control,? said Biggs, adding that ?things don?t add up, there?s a lot of questions that need to be answered.?
Biggs said he had contacted Mercedes asking them if it was normal for their cars to ?blow up to that extent? and for the engine to fly out 100 feet from the site of the crash.
Biggs also confirmed that Hastings was working on a story about the CIA and that it was ?going to be the biggest story yet.?
As we reported yesterday, questions surrounding the death of Hastings are not only the domain of conspiracy theorists. Former counter-terror czar under two different presidents Richard Clarke told the Huffington Post that the fatal crash of Hastings? Mercedes C250 Coupe was "consistent with a car cyber attack."
"So if there were a cyber attack on the car -- and I'm not saying there was," he said, adding "I think whoever did it would probably get away with it," and that ?intelligence agencies for major powers? have such capabilities.
Clarke?s speculation that Hastings? vehicle could have been remotely hijacked is echoed by Salon.com?s Andrew Leonard, who cites two studies by researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego, "Experimental Security Analysis of a Modern Vehicle," and ?Comprehensive Experimental Analyses of Automotive Attack Surfaces.?
The studies detail how ?it is a relatively trivial exercise to access the computer systems of a modern car and take control away from the driver.?
Questions about the circumstances behind Hastings? death have persisted because he made a number of enemies in positions of power.
After Wikileaks reported that Hastings had contacted them in the hours before his death complaining about being under investigation by the FBI, the federal agency denied the claim.
According to Hastings' colleague Cenk Uygur, the writer was, "incredibly tense and very worried, and was concerned that the government was looking in on his material," and also a "nervous wreck" in response to the surveillance of journalists revealed by the AP phone tapping scandal and the NSA PRISM scandal.
BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith added that Hastings had told friends and family "he was concerned that he was under investigation."
Another close friend who wishes to remain anonymous said that Hastings was "very paranoid that he was being watched by the FBI."
It subsequently emerged that Hastings had written a panicked email shortly before his death telling his friends and colleagues that he was going into hiding to escape the attention of the authorities.
?Hey -- the feds are interviewing my "close friends and associates,? the message said. ?Also: I'm onto a big story, and need to go off the [radar] for a bit.?
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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.
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