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>Ah, if only someone was more diligent about his >spelling. Homocide? Are you trying to accuse Scaife of >something you'd like to share with the class? > >>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/a >r >>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/19990328edcrai >g >>4.asp">http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/19990328edcra >i >>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">ht >t >>p://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/steve.htm</a>

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