Subscribe Sign In. Continue reading your article with a WSJ membership. Resume Subscription We are delighted that you'd like to resume your subscription. Please click confirm to resume now. Gary G. Kohls, MD. Its subscribers included plus members of the U. Even though many whistleblowers of his stature have been victims of homicides that have been staged as suicides, friends have authenticated the notes as his.
The mainstream media have pointedly—and disgracefully—failed to even report his death, not wanting to draw attention to his unwelcome truths. He had his enemies and he had his demons. He confronted the enemies. Not sure he confronted the demons. He had the financial perception to alert the American people to the imminent economic crash, two years before the meltdown of Ruppert came into my life like a sentinel from a different reality.
I had just gone through a kind of gateway, and he was like Morpheus in the Matrix, welcoming me in. My red pill had been the disruptive re-print of a certain controversial biography of then Governor George W. As an immediate result, an entire class of underground whistle-blowers popped up to welcome me into their world. Welcome to Zion. You are in. These citations can be narrowly factual yet presented in a misleading way.
Yes, such-and-such newspaper reported that thus-and-so claim was made by so-and-so. The paper reported on the claim, but that doesn't mean the claim is true. Ruppert's reply to Solomon's criticism, "Most of our critics, notably David Corn of The Nation and self-anointed media critic Norman Solomon, have gone silent as both our reporting and predictions have been completely validated by events. Columnist David Corn has also criticized Ruppert's methodology, and dismisses the idea that conspiracy theorizing is useful: "In fact, out-there conspiracy theorizing serves the interests of the powers-that-be by making their real transgressions seem tame in comparison.
Many supporters of Ruppert take issue with the use of phrases like 'conspiracy theories,' as they instigate immediate connotations and denote falsehoods that portray the 'conspiracy theorist' as a member of a paranoid fringe-dwelling underclass.
As Ruppert points out about several of his major documented sources, academics Dr Alfred W. McCoy and Peter Dale Scott ; "why is it that these books have never been sued?
There is an old saying amongst legal circles: the truth is the perfect defence against libel. Template:Peak oil. Intelligence Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Michael Ruppert. Edit source History Talk 0. Template:Distinguish Michael Ruppert is the founder and editor of From The Wilderness , a newsletter and website dedicated to investigating political cover-ups.
Cancel Save. Fan Feed. But he still struggled to find a new career. He told friends that he held a number of disparate jobs: as an amplifier assemblyman, a UPS driver, a gun shop clerk, a manager for a private security firm. In his spare time, he worked as a freelance writer — even landing a byline in the Los Angeles Times. In , at the age of 43, Ruppert met a year-old woman, Mary, at an AA meeting. The two got married — his first and only marriage — but divorced less than two years later.
Distraught and aimless, he told Mary he was suicidal. Then, Ruppert read a story that would change his life. It was a groundbreaking investigative report — a series of articles connecting the CIA to Nicaraguan drug runners. But that mattered little to Ruppert.
The uproar over "Dark Alliance" was also an opportunity for Ruppert to have his suspicions heard. The audience erupted. When the din subsided, Deutch suggested that Ruppert report his findings to the authorities. The crowd jeered Deutch. Ruppert looked on with a satisfied grin. In a matter of minutes, he had become a heroic figure battling the CIA, willing to stare down authority.
News of the confrontation spread, and Ruppert capitalized on the publicity. He started a muckraking, conspiratorial newsletter called From The Wilderness FTW that would eventually boast more than 22, subscribers. FTW reported on stories many mainstream news organizations overlooked.
Bush routinely flew in an airplane once owned by drug smuggler Barry Seal. FTW obsessed over questionable government activities. At nearly pages, not including endnotes and appendixes, Crossing the Rubicon is not a breezy read. In May of that year, Cheney sent fighter planes from military bases in the northeastern US to Alaska. Ruppert concluded that the move was a calculated effort to leave the northeastern US vulnerable.
The ultimate goal: to start a war and secure unfettered access to Middle East oil. His star rose, and FTW grew. Crossing the Rubicon became a cult hit. Ruppert was asked to give lectures all over the world, he said. But soon thereafter, FTW imploded. Ruppert initially told readers the break-in was " the work of an organized meth ring that I prevented from infiltrating my business. Ruppert suggested the meth ring was connected to the CIA. Either way, Ruppert told staff, friends, and readers, his life was in danger.
But he likely had more sordid reasons for fleeing. Rather, she "felt shocked and scared" by his advances. Among the allegations:. He also accused her of "being a meth addict and facilitating the use of [his] office to smuggle meth. But by the time that decision was reached in , FTW had long ago ceased operations. The fine remains unpaid.
And who knows if his life was in danger? After four months in Venezuela, Ruppert fled there, too. He said he had been poisoned — perhaps at the hands of government operatives. They became lovers, and Orkin helped Ruppert through psychiatric treatments at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for depression and suicidal thoughts.
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