Coroner’s report helps quell Michael Hastings conspiracy theories

http://twitter.com/#!/DustinSlaughter/status/369915102264561664

When news broke that 33-year-old writer Michael Hastings had been killed in a fiery car crash in June, the Internet lit up with conspiracy theories. The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald quickly noted that the last piece Hastings had published before his death was a criticism of Democrats and their support of the NSA’s newly exposed surveillance program.

http://twitter.com/#!/ggreenwald/status/347329387559002112

A coroner’s report released today, though, supports Hastings’ family in their claim that the accident was nothing more than an accident. A toxicology report showed traces of marijuana and other drugs in Hastings’ system, and his family says they were trying to convince him to enter a detox program.

http://twitter.com/#!/mweinger/status/369905717370945536
http://twitter.com/#!/katemather/status/369904702650994688
http://twitter.com/#!/anblanx/status/369893552790069248
http://twitter.com/#!/anblanx/status/369914609861292032

Hastings was most famous for his Rolling Stone story that led to U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s recall to Washington and his eventual resignation.

http://twitter.com/#!/Brett_Fujioka/status/369907137264091136

Not surprisingly, conspiracy theorists are convinced the coroner’s report is just another part of the cover-up.

http://twitter.com/#!/DonQuixote1922/status/369904654198378496
http://twitter.com/#!/freemau5__/status/369905462579187712

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/08/20/coroners-report-helps-quell-michael-hastings-conspiracy-theories/