Republican IT Specialist Dies in Plane Crash

Democracy Now by Mark Crispin Miller, Amy Goodman | Dec. 22, 2008 (Investigative Report)

Velvet Revolution, a non-profit investigating Connell’s activities, revealed this weekend that Connell had recently said he was afraid George Bush and Dick Cheney would “throw [him] under the bus.” Cliff Arnebeck had also previously alerted Attorney General Michael Mukasey to alleged threats from Karl Rove to Connell if he refused to “take the fall.” Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Dec 23, 2008 - 11:32 PM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 23, 2008

Miller and Goodman expose new details about the weather and the crash, about alleged threats from Rove, and the legal case for which Connell was due to testify.

The official stories about weather and running out of gas are claimed here to be false.

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Ara Gregorian
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 by Ara Gregorian - Dec. 24, 2008

An important albeit disturbing piece of investigative reporting.

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