- The WSWS received numerous letters on the editorial statement,"The
death of US Senator Paul Wellstone: accident or murder?" posted on
October 29, 2002. This commentary raised a series of questions about the
details of the plane crash in which Wellstone, his wife, daughter and five
others died. It analyzed the political circumstances in which this tragedy
took place and stated that any serious investigation into Wellstone's death
should include the possibility that he was targeted for political assassination.
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- Below we reprint a selection of letters commenting on
Wellstone's death. Additional letters, either attacking the suggestion
that Wellstone's death could have been murder, or raising questions about
our political attitude towards the liberal Democratic senator, will be
published next week with appropriate replies from the WSWS.
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- Regarding the above article, this is the first thing
I thought of when I heard that Paul Wellstone had died in a plane crash.
I believe it was sabotage as was the Mel Carnahan plane crash. This was
way too convenient for the repuglicans. I think there are many liberals
who feel the same way.
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- SC
- 31 October 2002
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- Dear Editors,
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- Don't put it past the fascist SOB residing illegally
in the White House to try to kill someone as morally and ethically upstanding
as Senator Wellstone was. It is a known fact that White House officials
were trying to find a way to get Wellstone "out of the way."
I truly believe Bush ordered Wellstone's aircraft meddled with to make
it crash. The Nazi fascist is totally without scruples, and is dangerously
ruthless. Once again, hopefully, this maneuver on his part will backfire.
Former Vice President Mondale is even further ahead in the "polls"
of who people would vote for now, than even Wellstone was. Only the Republicans
are going to use the Supreme Court to consider all absentee votes for Wellstone
"void," even though they would have simply voted for Mondale
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- DW
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- 31 October 2002
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- I wanted you to know I very much enjoyed your recent
article, "The death of US Senator Paul Wellstone: accident or murder?"
I firmly believe that Wellstone was, in all likelihood, murdered.
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- Does the following scenario really seem so far fetched?
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- Wellstone's pilot files an FAA flight plan just prior
to takeoff (as required for all "IFR" flights), indicating exactly
where and when he'll be flying, and who will be aboard. This gives black
op specialists ample time to move a van or truck full of VOR/ILS (VHF Omnidirectional
Radio/Instrument Landing Service) jamming equipment into position.
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- As Wellstone's plane approaches the airport, the VOR/ILS
jamming equipment is activated, and a "decoy" VOR signal is sent
to the plane, thus tricking the plane's instruments (and the pilot) into
believing the airport is somewhere several degrees off the true course
to the runway. The pilot follows that signal straight into the ground.
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- The non-descript van, full of covert electronic jamming
equipment, casually leaves the area, looking just like any other TV repair
truck or moving van. The subsequent NTSB investigation centers on the airplane,
the pilot, and the VOR/ILS system at the airport. Everything appears to
be in order, and the "accident" is attributed to "pilot
error."
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- Cynical? Perhaps. But as George Bernard Shaw once observed,
"The power of accurate perception is commonly referred to as cynicism
by those who have not got it." I hope I am wrong. I don't think I
am. And with the foxes watching the hen houses as they are, we are left
only to speculate.
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- Sincerely,
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- SH
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- 30 October 2002
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- Thanks for this article. I've been wondering when somebody
was going to catch on that only liberal Democrats get assassinated, die
in private plane crashes and receive anthrax mail, and all of the above
go "unsolved." Neo-Nazi is indeed correct about the post-WW2
Republican Party, esp. post-Reagan.
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- TW
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- 30 October 2002
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- You should know that Carol Carmody, interim head of NTSB,
is CIA. It's right there in her bio.
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- BG
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- 30 October 2002
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- Thank you for providing technical information about the
plane in which Paul Wellstone was a passenger at the time of his untimely
demise. I would not be at all surprised if his sudden death was a political
murder. Killer Bush #2 will brook no opposition to his bellicose agenda.
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- SM
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- 30 October 2002
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- Exactly my sentiments. Another excellent article. You
are still the best.
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- MM
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- 29 October 2002
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- Thanks for the Wellstone article. I am sure you are "reading
the minds" of many folks with your questions and analysis. Your insightful
reporting into the neo-Nazi influence in, if not control of, the present
US government is the best I have read on the left. It is thoughtful, logical,
and not unduly speculative. I have circulated your 9/11 related articles
to many people and will continue to recommend your site. Keep up the fine
work.
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- BF
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- Quito, Ecuador
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- 29 October 2002
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- Interesting article on suspicions surrounding the crash
that claimed the life of Senator Wellstone. Here is some other interesting
information worth noting:
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- The Beechcraft King Air that crashed was manufactured
by Raytheon. Raytheon just happens to be a major defense contractor and
supplier of a multitude of missile systems including the AAMRAM, Patriot
and Tomahawk. They are also at the forefront of developing Bush's Star
Wars missile defense "shield" as well as a leading developer
of other Homeland Security projects. They have a long and cozy relationship
with the Bush cartel. Their name also surfaces prominently in connection
to the Florida flight school that trained many of the Sept 11 hijackers,
and the flight that spirited many Arabs out of the country during those
attacks while all other flights were grounded.
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- There was no flight recorder aboard the plane. Is this
unusual? Seems it might be. I have no idea.
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- I currently have no opinion of exactly what happened
to Wellstone. But these facts are certainly worth investigating.
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- EM
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- 29 October 2002
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- The piece on Paul Wellstone articulates what more than
a few Americans think. I would be interested to know how many US Congressmen's
accidental deaths were those in the Democratic Party. My hunch is the majority
of Congressional representatives whose lives ended abruptly were in fact
Democrat. The veiled threat implied in these peculiar happenstance events
would indeed tend to influence how one votes in Congress.
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- ST
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- 29 October 2002
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- Thanks for the balanced, thoughtful look at the death
of Senator Wellstone. Your article is the first I've seen that connects
the dots. The mainstream press won't even mention the possibility that
Wellstone's (and Carnahan's) death might not be an accident. And they certainly
don't mention these plane crashes in the larger context of the anthrax
attacks (only Democrats targeted), the stolen election of 2000, and the
hysterical eight-year effort to drive Bill Clinton from the White House.
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- JH
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- 29 October 2002
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- There was at least one witness, a blond haired man who
said he saw a flash of light at the rear of the plane. This was on CNN.
Saw him once and that was it. Have you seen this? And it may have gone
the way the New Mexican explosives expert went when he retracted what he
said about the WTC towers' collapse-looked like an implosion.
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- AW
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- 29 October 2002
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- See Also:
- The death of US Senator Paul Wellstone: accident or murder?
- [29 October 2002]
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- Note - This is the same thing we saw in the JFK, Jr assassination.
At least one witness on the beach saw a flash in the sky and heard an explosion
at the time the plane went down. That witness was a journalist on the local
paper.
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- Not a single follow-up report appeared after the one
initial mention of his observation. There were a couple others on the shore
who also reported seeing a 'flash' or hearing a 'boom' in the sky.
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- The most obvious theory is that an explosive was put
in the tail baggage hold and detonated by remote control or by altitude
when the plane began its descent...blowing the tail off.
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- JFK Jr's plane was always left unguarded at Teeterborough
Airport in NJ and almost anyone could have approached it, opened the baggage
hatch and placed the small bomb inside. C4 the size of a pack of cigarettes
would have been sufficient we are told. A very similar thing could have
easily happened with Wellstone's plane. -ed
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