The tragic beating death on the evening of January 6 of recently-retired New York Times Washington editor David Rosenbaum.

January 11, 2006 -- WMR has been asked by readers for further details on the tragic beating death on the evening of January 6 of recently-retired New York Times Washington editor David Rosenbaum. At this time, there are no further details other than what have been reported in the major media.

While this editor did not know Rosenbaum, others who did have told me he was a sharp investigator and an extremely nice person. Heartfelt sympathies go out to his family during this terrible time. Rosenbaum extensively covered the Watergate and Iran-contra scandals.
There are some uncomfortable aspects to this case. One is why it took 22 minutes for an ambulance to reach the crime scene in a quiet and crime-free part of northwest Washington. Emergency services gave their response a "Bravo" rating, meaning they considered Rosenbaum's injuries to be less than "Charlie" or "Delta," serious and life-threatening, respectively.

While this case on the surface, may, in fact, have been a case of a brutal robbery resulting in a fatality, it is worth mentioning that DC has, since 2000, been plagued with strange deaths of people involved in intelligence matters such as John Millis (suicide), John Kokal (suicide), Dr. Gus Weiss (suicide), as well as the very strange death of Marvin Bush's employee Bertha Champagne (freak accident). According to State Department and NSA sources respectively, there were no public reports on the suicide last year of a woman named Maureen who worked for the department's important Near East/Asia Press and Public Diplomacy branch and at least one suicide at NSA that prompted then-Director Michael Hayden to send a letter to all NSA employees regarding at least one suicide within the "NSA family."

This is the report the editor wrote in June 2002 regarding Millis: >>>>cont

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