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>>> THERE ARE QUESTIONS
MULTIPLYING TODAY ABOUT THE
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF AWARD
WINNING JOURNALIST, MICHAEL
HASTINGS, BEST KNOWN FOR A
"ROLLING STONE" ARTICLE THAT LED
TO THE INVESTIGATION OF
AFGHANISTAN COMMANDER STANLEY
McCHRYSTAL.
LAST WEEK, HASTINGS WAS KILLED
IN A HIGH SPEED CRASH.
IMMEDIATELY HIS FRIENDS STARTED
RAISING QUESTIONS WHETHER THIS
WAS AN ACCIDENT AS POLICE
QUICKLY RULED.
YESTERDAY, HOURS BEFORE HIS
DEATH, HASTINGS SENT A CRYPTIC
E-MAIL TO FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES
SAYING THE FEDS WERE
INVESTIGATING HIM AND HE WAS ON
TO A BIG STORY.
SERGEANT JOE BIGGS IS ONE OF THE
FRIENDS WHO RECEIVED THAT
CHILLING E-MAIL AND HE JOINS US
LIVE.
SERGEANT, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE.
YOU KNEW MICHAEL HASTINGS.
I KNOW THIS RAISED ALARM BELLS
FOR YOU WHEN YOU HEARD THAT HE
WAS KILLED.
WHY DO YOU QUESTION WHETHER THIS
WAS TRULY AN ACCIDENT?
>> THE FACT -- THE WAY THAT
I'VE -- THAT OTHER TIMES WE'VE
SPOKEN BEFORE AND THIS E-MAIL I
GOT, IT WAS JUST VERY PANICKED
AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE
SOMETHING NORMALLY WE WOULD TALK
ABOUT.
I JUST FELT A GUT FEELING,
SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT.
>> BUT THE POLICE SAY IT'S AN
ACCIDENT.
THEY LOOKED INTO IT, SAID, LOOK,
HE WAS DRIVING FAST.
IT WAS 4:30 IN THE MORNING, IT
WAS DARK, LOST CONTROL OF THE
CAR, WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT,
HIT A TREE.
>> HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT
KNOW HIM, EVERYONE SAYS HE
DRIVES LIKE A GRANDMA.
THAT RIGHT THERE DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE SOMETHING THAT HE WOULD BE
DOING.
HE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS AND
FAMILY THAT CARED ABOUT HIM.
HE HAD A GOOD LIFE TO LIVE.
THERE'S NO WAY HE WOULD BE
ACTING ERRATIC LIKE THAT AND
DRIVING THAT OUT OF CONTROL.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON
HERE?
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF
TIMES JUST BECAUSE IT'S GETTING
SO MUCH ATTENTION ON THE
INTERNET AND PEOPLE WHO ARE
CLOSE TO MR. HASTINGS ARE STILL
RAISING QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE L.A. PD AND THEIR
CONCLUSIONS THIS WAS AN
ACCIDENT.
WHAT IS THE ALTERNATE THEORY, HE
WAS MURDERED, INTENTIONALLY
TARGETED BY SOMEONE?
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT.
I JUST KNOW THAT FROM THE
E-MAILS THE HOURS LATER DYING,
IT'S JUST NOT A COINCIDENCE LIKE
THAT.
THINGS DON'T ADD UP.
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT
NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
I WAS CONTACTED BY E-MAIL
MERCEDES TODAY, ASKED IF IT IS
NORMAL FOR THEIR CARS TO BLOW UP
TO THAT EXTENT, IF THE ENGINES
FLY OUT ON A NORMAL BASIS.
THESE ARE THE REAL QUESTIONS WE
NEED TO ASK.
>> WHAT OF THE -- OBVIOUSLY, HE
WAS INVESTIGATING A COUPLE OF
HIGH PROFILE CASES, LOOKING
INTO, HE SAID, JILL KELLEY, WHO
WAS CONNECTED WITH THE WHOLE
DAVID PETRAEUS AND GENERAL
CLARK -- GO AHEAD.
>> THAT'S BEEN -- HIS WIFE TODAY
SAID THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT
TRUE THAT HE WAS INVESTIGATING
INTO JILL KELLEY.
>> MICHAEL HASTINGS WIFE SAYS HE
WAS NOT INVESTIGATING THAT?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
WHAT WAS HE INVESTIGATING, AS
FAR AS YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAVE
CAUSED ANY CONSTERNATION
WHATSOEVER BY SOMEONE?
>> CIA.
BUT FROM WHAT HE SAID OR HIS
LAST -- ONE OF THE THINGS HE
SAID WAS IT WAS GOING TO BE THE
BIGGEST STORY YET.
>> YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO REACT TO THIS?
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY -- THE
TINFOIL HAT PEOPLE WILL SAY THE
GOVERNMENT KILLED THIS
JOURNALIST BY TAKING OVER HIS
CAR, DOING SOMETHING TO HIS CAR
AND THE OTHER PEOPLE WILL SAY
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WILL SAY,
THAT'S NUTS.
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> I CAN UNDERSTAND BOTH
VIEWPOINTS.
LIKE I SAID, HE'S NOT SOMEONE
THAT WOULD BE DRIVING AROUND
ERRATICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT.
THAT JUST WASN'T HOW HE WAS.
THAT JUST LEAVES A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF DIGGING
TO BE BROUGHT UP AND ANSWERED.
I'M NOT GOING TO SPECULATE AND
SAY, I THINK ANYTHING, BECAUSE
THAT WILL JUST MAKE ME LOOK
CRAZY.
>> NO ONE WANTS THAT.
WE JUST WANT ANSWERS.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE FORMER
COUNTER-TERRORISM OFFICIAL
RICHARD CLACK SPOKE TO THE
"HUFFINGTON POST" SAYING, LOOK,
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES TO SEIZE CONTROL OF A
CAR REMOTELY.
THAT'S WHAT HE CLAIMS, AND TO DO
WHAT THEY WANT TO IT.
HE WENT ON TO SAY, REPORTEDLY,
MY RULE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AH DON'T