Was "Karl Rove's IT guru" murdered?

Doin' the Ditto-Head Squirm!

Good job! Mission accomplished! What's funny is how, even now, these folks rush to the defense of those evil b@$t@rd$. Great article, if not only for entertainment value (but we know the truth, right?). ;o)

lefty new york times?!

The NYT has a clear liberal bias? Maybe in the culture pages. But after 24 years of rolling over for Reagan and the Bushes and leading the false charges against Clinton, I'm just not seeing it in the front of the paper.

Who's really jumping to conclusions?

Conspiracy theories are delusional indulgences for the powerless and ignorant, but what I see here is a lot of people with limited knowledge willing to jump up and declare "there's nothing to see here".

Well, yes, there is. There is the small matter of subverting the actual results of a presidential election (again). As for it being unlikely that a member of Bush's inner circle would have started blabbing, well its already happened over and over again. (The difference here is that this is something that would have really cooked them).

Perhaps the crash was due to foul play, perhaps not. I don't know, and anyone reading this who thinks they do may as well be wearing the proverbial tin-foil cap

Cute

Cute item. Man dies in plane crash, intrepid reporter makes fun of death, sticks pins in liberal voodoo dolls. Good stuff.

NTSB synopsis available

If you want to read the NTSB synopsis on this investigation, then just go to: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20081223X12815&key=1.

For all you non-aviator conspiracy theorists, he didn't run out of fuel, nor did he crash on TO. He was conducting an instrument approach and most likely became disoriented. Happens all too often. The NTSB database is full of these types of accidents.

Sort of, almost, not quite... accurate...

Just some errors in your otherwise good coverage.

1. Connell was not "days away from" testimony. He had already testified under oath on November 3.

2. The alleged threats against Connell are part of the court record for a federal case for which he is a witness. Although the court record describes these alleged threats, all questions and answers in Connell's deposition relating to the alleged threats was sealed by the court - at the request of his attorneys.

3. The allegations that the he was warned that his plane would be tampered with was reported by a Channel 19 (Cleveland) news report, which Raw Story simply reported on.

4. There is NO proof that Connell was murdered, let alone that this murder was a Rove hit. Given the context of the allegations, the fact that Connell had given testimony in a federal case (and would be likely called back in the future for additional questions), and the allegations of threats against him raise questions about the crash that must be answered. That is not saying there was foul play. It is simply due diligence.

5. The story is very real, I just wish people had a better grasp of the facts.

Now just one question, is Jennifer Connelly to play me in your movie version? I assume the "scrappy" although not necessarily the "sexy" reporter reference is to me?

I am hoping for Kate Winslet simply because she is convincing in many a role.

Anyway, thanks for reporting on this and the media blackout of this story.

Larisa Alexandrovna
Reporter