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>It's been 10 years since the anniversary of Steve >Kangas's death, perhaps suicide, perhaps homocide. >Kangas ran a liberal website, critical of >conservatives, including Dick Scaife. Interesting man >and story. > >Just throwing this out there since I don't recall many >follow ups except for a post on this site from 2005: ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2005/11/s >teve_kangas_st_1.htm">http://www.seeingtheforest.com/ar >chives/2005/11/steve_kangas_st_1.htm</a> Perhaps an >enterprising soul may be interested in having their >paper do a follow up. > >Kangas's body was found, sitting slumped on a toilet >with a gunshot wound to the head, on the 39th floor, >60 ft. from the door of the Pittsburgh offices of none >other than Dick Scaife. No above ambient gun powder >residue was found on his hands. Deputy Police Chief >Charles Moffett said the suicide/homocide was "under >investigation in the homicide section," at the time. > >"This isn't the first time Scaife has been linked to a >strange suicide: in 1973 former mentor and close >friend Pittsburgh District Attorney Robert Duggan, >under Federal investigation for Mob payoffs, was found >shot to death with a shotgun bearing no fingerprints." >He "shot himself on his hidden farm property on the >day the grand jury returned the indictment for >corruption." "Scaife had cut all ties with Duggan, who >had married Scaife's sister Cordelia shortly before >his death." -Chris Potter, Managin Editor, of the >Pittsburgh City Paper, 1999 > >Really interesting story by PG's John Craig on Sunday, >March 28, 1999 with the sub-head: >Dick Scaife couldn't keep his probe of Kangas a secret ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990328edcraig >4.asp">http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990328edcrai >g4.asp</a> > >Interesting also is a summary of Scaife's scandals on >Kangas's website from -well, from 1999 or prior to >1999. Interesting that it is still online. >Head lined with -Myth: There’s no "vast right wing >conspiracy" to get Clinton. >Fact: Richard Mellon Scaife and the Republican >Establishment have poured millions into the effort. >(some excepts) >In 1997, Scaife donated $550,000 to Judicial Watch, >whose director, Larry Klayman, has filed 18 lawsuits >against the Clinton Administration. (10) > >Scaife also assigned one of his newspaper’s reporters, >Christopher Ruddy, to a full-time, ongoing >investigation into the deaths of Vince Foster and Ron >Brown, trying to find evidence that the Clintons >murdered them. > >Scaife also gave $2.4 million to American Spectator >magazine. This money went to create the "Arkansas >Project," a massive investigation trying to dig up >dirt on Clinton’s past. The Arkansas Project gained >notoriety when it was revealed that David Hale, the >only Whitewater witness who claimed personal knowledge >of Clinton’s wrong-doing, had been paid at least >$5,000 by Parker Dozhier, one of operatives of the >Arkansas Project. Parker’s girlfriend and her 17-year >old son both claim they saw Parker give Scaife-money >to Hale on numerous occasions. When reporters >confronted Parker, he warned that the 17-year old son >"was destined to become a chalk outline somewhere." >Alarmed by such threats and prospects of witness >tampering, the Justice Department has ordered an >investigation, the results of which are yet to be >revealed. > >Scaife has also given $450,000 over three years to the >Independent Women’s Forum. (13) This is a >media-booking agency that heavily seeds female >conservative pundits into the media. (This is an >attempt to reduce the "gender gap" that Democrats >enjoy in the polls.) The IWF has given generous public >support to Paula Jones in her lawsuit. In fact, one >IWF pundit, Ann Coulter, heard at least one of the >Linda Tripp tapes before it even reached Ken Starr. >This proved that she was deeply involved with the >Paula Jones’ camp (who received the tapes first), even >though she was pretending to be an objective >commentator on the scandal in the media. > >But perhaps most alarming is Scaife’s ties to >independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr. Starr’s >conflicts of interest are almost too numerous to >mention. Early on, Starr had been given an open-ended >job offer as the dean of Pepperdine University’s >Schools of Law and Public Policy. At first, Starr >planned to accept the job after finishing his >investigation. But it turns out this school is a heavy >recipient of Scaife money, and the resulting media >scandal finally convinced Starr to refuse the job. But >the appearance of Scaife attempting to pay off Starr >for getting Clinton lingers. > >There are many other connections between the two men. >Between 1988 and 1996, Scaife gave $3 million to the >conservative Washington Legal Foundation, where Starr >sits on the board. Scaife also gave $920,000 to the >Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization >where Starr is a member. Scaife donated $650,000 to >the Landmark Legal Foundation between 1992 and 1996; >Starr has done work for this organization, which has >helped Paula Jones in her lawsuit. (15) Starr also >prepared a legal brief for the Paula Jones lawsuit on >behalf of the Independent Women’s Forum, which is >substantially funded by Scaife. > >Scaife’s personality profile is similarly interesting. > >Pat Minarcin knows Scaife well, after serving as one >of his magazine editors. "He [Scaife] has the >emotional maturity of a very angry 12-year-old, and he >has all this money and he can do whatever he wants >with it," says Minarcin. While the magazine was >operating, "[Scaife] presented a list of people who he >wanted the magazine to attack, a kind of enemies >list." Minarcin eventually resigned. >(Kiddies -still want to argue that the Trib is >non-biased with no direct control of content by >Scaife?) > >It’s also well-known that Scaife is obsessed with >proving that Vince Foster’s suicide was actually a >murder. He goes so far as to call his death "the >Rosetta Stone of the Clinton administration." But why? >Scaife’s history is revealing. In the 1960s, he >financially supported Robert Duggan as a candidate for >district attorney. The two men angrily parted company >after Duggan came under investigation for corruption. >To make matters worse, Duggan then eloped with >Scaife’s sister, Cordelia. A few months later, Duggan >was found dead, apparently by suicide. But the shotgun >used was found several feet away from Duggan’s body, >and it had no fingerprints. > >Another interesting site: ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/steve.htm">htt >p://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/steve.htm</a>

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