Friend Told Connell Not To Fly Before The Crash

This past Friday Michael Connell's small plane went down and crashed in Akron, Ohio, killing him instantly. The cause of the crash was supposedly due to the fact that he ran out of gas. Yet the background story and details surfacing today are showing that this could possibly be much more than a simple mistake of not putting enough fuel in the tank. His connection to Karl Rove as the so-called Bush Brain's IT guru is well known, as well as threats made on his life because he was supposedly ready to talk about what he did for Mr. Rove. Now we have more information that Connell was aware of possible sabotage.

From RawStory:

The Republican consultant accused of involvement in alleged vote-rigging in Ohio in 2004 was warned that his plane might be sabotaged before his death in a crash Friday night, according to a Cleveland CBS affiliate.[...]

Without getting into specific details, 19 Action News reporter Blake Renault reported Sunday evening that 45-year-old Republican operative and experienced pilot had been warned not to fly his plane in the days before the crash.

"Connell...was apparently told by a close friend not to fly his plane because his plane might be sabotaged," Renault said. "And twice in the last two months Connell, who is an experienced pilot, cancelled two flights because of suspicious problems with his plane."

Of course, this isn't definitive proof that Rove had something to do with Connell's death. With something as serious as the death of this man, there is no need to rush to pick up the tin foil hat but calling for a thorough investigation is certainly more than necessary in this case. If Mukasey's DOJ was warned about threats on Connell's life before the crash occurred, then we at least need to make sure every detail is examined with extreme care.