Steve Kangas

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(journalist)
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BornMay 11, 1961
DiedFebruary 8, 1999 (Age 37)

Steve Kangas (Steven Robert Esh) was a journalist, political activist and chess teacher known for his website Liberalism Resurgent [1] and highly political usenet postings.[2] Until 1986 he worked for military intelligence.

Change of Heart

Kangas describes as a wake-up call "the terrorist bombing of a Berlin discotheque only a few blocks away from my living quarters. In response, Reagan ordered the bombing of Libya, even though it later turned out that we had no proof they did it." Another was the Soviet assassination of Major Arthur Nicholson, "one of my intelligence compratiots, whose funeral I attended. The image of his 4-year old daughter clutching a Cabbage Patch doll throughout the entire service is one that is forever burned into my memory." He quit the intelligence service for a degree in the University of California, Santa Cruz.[3]

Activism

Kangas was a frequent poster on Usenet in the 1990's and often sharply critical of propaganda of the overclass[4] and the CIA.[5] Mark Gorton credits him as one of the three people "who have most succinctly explained the workings of the [[Bush Crime Family]]".[6]

Death

He died of a gunshot wound under unclear circumstances.[7][8] He was found on the 39th floor in the restroom of the offices of Richard Mellon Scaife[9] inside One Oxford Center, Pittsburgh. It was ruled a suicide by local police.

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