Michael Ruppert
Michael C. Ruppert ( Mike Ruppert, * 1951 in Washington, DC ) is an American author and journalist. He is the founder and editor of From The Wilderness, a known political website in the USA. The website and its associated newsletter are primarily concerned with the journalistic disclosure of government covert operations and the background analysis of political events.
Work
In his book Crossing the Rubicon, he wrote about the impact of declining global oil reserves ( peak oil ) on the realignment of the geopolitics of the U.S. in recent years. In the book, Ruppert argues that the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 were a by the state used tool in the service of this realignment in the United States. The book is one of the three best-selling non-fiction books on the subject in the United States.
On 25 June 2006, broke into the editorial offices of From the Wilderness. The burglars stole nothing, but brought all seven computers in a room and they systematically destroyed with sledgehammers.
On 29 September 2008 Ruppert published in an article that he is in personal danger ( " I am in personal danger now" ) located, as it the unspoken trade with the government, retired to live and not to go public, broken have ( "I have broken at unspoken deal with the government to Remain retired and not speak out. " )
On November 6, 2009 in the USA came out of the documentary Collapse, directed by Chris Smith, who documented Michael Ruppert and his worldview. The film was first shown in Germany at the 60th Berlinale in February 2010.
Background
Ruppert was formerly narc ( Narcotics Detective ) at the Los Angeles Police Department that he had to leave because of his views on the role of the CIA in drug trafficking in 1978. In 1996, he confronted the CIA director John Deutch at that time at a public event with allegations that the CIA was involved in drug trafficking in the American cities ( see illustration in the article Dark Alliance ). According to Ruppert's statement, he later learned from insiders in Washington that Deutchs unsouveräne response, which had already cost him considered safe appointment as Secretary of Defense.