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Real0ne -> Another Whistle Blower - Death by Suicide (8/19/2007 10:21:25 AM)
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ANOTHER WHISTLEBLOWER DEATH -- BY "SUICIDE"
Wayne Madsen reported on Jan. 23, "More details emerge on Col. Ted Westhusing's 'suiciding' in Iraq. Days before his supposed suicide by a 'self-inflicted' gunshot wound in a Camp Dublin, Iraq trailer, West Point Honor Board member and Iraqi police and security forces trainer Col. Ted Westhusing reported in e-mail to the United States that 'terrible things were going on Iraq.' He also said he hoped he would make it back to the United States alive. Westhusing had three weeks left on his tour of duty in Iraq when he allegedly shot himself in June 2005.
"It is noteworthy that after Westhusing's death, two top Army generals, both responsible for training Iraqi forces,... were quickly transferred without much fanfare to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Fort Hood, Texas, respectively... Informed sources report that Westhusing was prepared to blow the whistle on fraud involving US Investigations Services (USIS), a Carlyle Group company, when he died... Westhusing's personal bodyguard was given a leave of absence shortly before the colonel's death.
"The U.S. Army's official report on Westhusing's death contained a number of falsehoods, according to those close to the case. Most importantly, the Army report stated that Westhusing had electronically communicated an interest in obtaining hollow point bullets. The bullet which killed Westhusing was a hollow point. However, the Army's statement was false, according to an informed source. In addition, the Army combed Westhusing's service record and interviewed a number of colleagues in order to concoct a story that would make suicide appear plausible." [End of quote.] It is strange how many whistleblowers die by "suicide" before they can tell their story publicly.
In a follow up story on Jan. 25, Madsen reports, "According to informed sources, the President of USIS Professional Services Division (PSD -- a Carlyle Group Company ), Bill Monet, has left the company. Monet reportedly was hired last June, the same month that Col. Ted Westhusing was 'suicided' in Baghdad after complaining about the firm's activities in Iraq. Sources claim that Monet had previously worked for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)."
Both the Carlyle Group and SAIC are mercenary companies that have secret insider relations with the Federal government. They may even be CIA front companies, judging by the no-bid contracts that come their way and the secrecy about the quasi-military operations they conduct. They also have a knack for buying and selling dark-side mercenary companies like DynCorp -- keeping such units "all in the family." I think Monet saw the same potential scandal that Westhusing saw and wanted out before a possible leak came. The PTB used to be able to promise unlimited protection for dark side operations. Now it seems that the government itself is leaking dark secrets like a sieve in order to discredit the Bush administration. There have got to be a lot of mercenary executives that are looking over their shoulder.
http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/skousen/2006/0201.html
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