RIP Jim Frederick

August 4, 2014 7:18 AM

Journalist and author Jim Frederick has passed away in San Francisco. Frederick was the author of Black Hearts, an account of the 2006 Mahmudiyah killings in Iraq by U.S. Army soldiers. He was 42.
posted by Occam's Aftershave (11 comments total)

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I will agree with the quote in your first link. That’s just…not fair.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 7:21 AM on August 4, 2014 [2 favorites]

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posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:21 AM on August 4, 2014

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posted by Cash4Lead at 7:23 AM on August 4, 2014

"Black Hearts" is the best book I've read about US post-9/11 military engagements, and I've read many.
posted by eugenen at 7:28 AM on August 4, 2014 [4 favorites]

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Holy shit, a heart attack at 42?? I'm 42, and now I'll spend the rest of the day paranoid.
posted by LooseFilter at 8:29 AM on August 4, 2014 [1 favorite]

a heart attack at 42??

Black Ops has access to a lot of very interesting toxins.


But seriously,
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posted by oneswellfoop at 8:56 AM on August 4, 2014

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posted by Rustic Etruscan at 9:16 AM on August 4, 2014

The staff at the CIA spied on the US Senate without knowledge or prior authorization from its appointed leaders and our elected executive. An act which those leaders dismissed as absurd and unimaginable, because they beleive the staff is pure, incorruptible and only acting in defence of our nation. Yet after the twin humiliations of the Snowden revelations and the admission by the President that we tortured people, how can we continue to give them the benefit of the doubt. I hope it was just a heart attack, but it troubles me that we can't be sure.
posted by humanfont at 10:24 AM on August 4, 2014

The staff at the CIA spied on the US Senate without knowledge or prior authorization from its appointed leaders and our elected executive.

Did he work on uncovering this or other recent sensitive stories? I'm sorry. I'm confused. Can you help me understand what you mean here? Thanks.
posted by marsha56 at 11:04 AM on August 4, 2014

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posted by allthinky at 6:26 PM on August 4, 2014

Time magazine's international editor, who was also a well regarded international correspondent resigned abruptly last year to start a consulting firm with the name Hybrid Vigor Media. A year later he's dead of a heart attack at age 42.
It sounds like something was going on.
posted by humanfont at 6:46 PM on August 4, 2014