Michael Ruppert, RIP.

[David Guyatt]

I don't know what to make of this. This article sheds a whole different light on Michael Ruppert, a man I admired.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/22/588150...-c-ruppert

Ivan, this story seems to be consistent with other things reported in this thread. Still sad.

I think the Verge story goes way beyond that. It suggests that:

- Mike Ruppert was a mental case
- Mike Ruppert was an alcoholic
- his sexual harrasment conviction was correct (Ruppert claimed he was the victim)
- the Teddy d'Orsay drug-trafficking story was a figment of his imagination

As a former subscriber to From The Wilderness I find it all very disturbing. Not to mention the comment section of the article, where you have John McAdams-acolytes dancing on Ruppert's grave.

I knew Mike and yes, he was flawed - like all of us. But this piece is just a rotten poison pen piece imo, directed at destroying him beyond the grave - and I don't like its intent at all. Mike did a lot of really good work at FTW and I know that for sure, because I used to be part of a small number of people he sent background evidence - documents, tapes etc - of stories he had worked on, for discussion etc. I know he did his journalistic work well and responsibly. But later he did sadly drift off into the fame game a bit.