Counterpunch | We don’t know who killed Seth Rich and we’re not going to speculate
on the matter here. But we find it very strange that neither the media
nor the FBI have pursued leads in the case that challenge the prevailing
narrative on the Russia hacking issue. Why is that? Why is the media so
eager to blame Russia when Rich looks like the much more probable
suspect?
And why have the mainstream news organizations put so much energy
into discrediting the latest Fox News report, when– for the last 10
months– they’ve showed absolutely zero interest in Rich’s death at all?
According to Fox News:
“The Democratic National Committee staffer who was gunned down on
July 10 on a Washington, D.C., street just steps from his home had
leaked thousands of internal emails to WikiLeaks, law enforcement
sources told Fox News.
A federal investigator who reviewed an FBI forensic report detailing the contents of DNC staffer Seth Rich’s computer generated within 96 hours after his murder, said Rich made contact with WikiLeaks through Gavin MacFadyen, a now-deceased American investigative reporter, documentary filmmaker, and director of WikiLeaks who was living in London at the time….
Rod Wheeler, a retired Washington homicide detective and Fox News contributor investigating the case on behalf of the Rich family, made the WikiLeaks claim, which was corroborated by a federal investigator who spoke to Fox News….
“I have seen and read the emails between Seth Rich and Wikileaks,” the federal investigator told Fox News, confirming the MacFadyen connection. He said the emails are in possession of the FBI, while the stalled case is in the hands of the Washington Police Department.” (“Family of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich blasts detective over report of WikiLeaks link”, Fox News)
Okay, so where’s the computer? Who’s got Rich’s computer? Let’s do the forensic work and get on with it.
But the Washington Post and the other bogus news organizations aren’t
interested in such matters because it doesn’t fit with their political
agenda. They’d rather take pot-shots at Fox for running an article that
doesn’t square with their goofy Russia hacking story. This is a
statement on the abysmal condition of journalism today. Headline news
has become the province of perception mandarins who use the venue
to shape information to their own malign specifications, and any facts
that conflict with their dubious storyline, are savagely attacked
and discredited. Journalists are no longer investigators that keep the
public informed, but paid assassins who liquidate views that veer from
the party-line.
WikiLeaks never divulges the names of the people who provide them
with information. Even so, Assange has not only shown an active interest
in the Seth Rich case, but also offered a $20,000 reward for anyone
providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of Rich’s
murder. Why? And why did he post a link to the Fox News article on his
Twitter account on Tuesday?
I don’t know, but if I worked for the FBI or the Washington Post, I’d
sure as hell be beating the bushes to find out. And not just because it
might help in Rich’s murder investigation, but also, because it could
shed light on the Russia fiasco which is being used to lay the
groundwork for impeachment proceedings. So any information that
challenges the government version of events, could actually change the
course of history.
Have you ever heard of Craig Murray?
