5 thoughts on “Michael Hastings”

  2. He was driving Mercedes C-class (C250). Article with a picture of his engine on the sidewalk.

    The C250 features adaptive braking where each wheel can be braked individually – by computer. Cyber command can probably hack it.

    On the bright side, the C250 doesn’t have electrically assisted steering (which are showing up more frequently in Mercedes models), relying on the old hydraulic rack and pinion system. So a guy at a console in Virginia couldn’t actually turn the wheel of that model car out in LA. He could probably have his foot on the accelerator, though, and then slam on the front brakes on only one side.

    I hope they’ve researched the technique because it’s a great way to eliminate foreign VIPs without leaving any evidence or even arousing suspicion, especially when combined with GPS information and possibly an overhead drone monitoring the vehicle to get the timing just right.

    Or it could just be a glitch, bug, or Hastings jerking the wheel when he went to answer his cell phone.

  4. Oh, and from KTLA

    “He was incredibly tense and very worried and was concerned that the government was looking in on his material,” he said.

    “I don’t know what his state of mind was at 4:30 in the morning, but I do know what his state of mind was in general, and it was a nervous wreck.”

    If someone as experienced as he was had become rattled, he must’ve had a very major scoop.

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