American engineer may have been assassinated in Singapore - Polidicks

[quote] Shane Todd's girlfriend found him hanging in his Singaporean apartment six months ago, a sudden tragedy that local police deemed a suicide. But six months later, Todd's girlfriend, family and the FBI are still wondering what exactly happened. Todd had just put in his last day as an employee of IME, a Singaporean government research institute, where he had been working on a [B]high-powered amplifier with commercial and "huge" military uses[/B]. The amplifier was being co-developed with the Chinese telecom giant Huawei. Todd's parents say their son was increasingly uncomfortable at his job and "said there were things he had done that [B]could get him in trouble with the US government[/B]." The Singaporean investigation is still ongoing. But after analyzing Todd's backup hard drive and commissioning a review of the autopsy report, Todd's family now believes he was murdered. Suspicious clues include suicide notes that praised the employer he allegedly hated, bruises on his hands, and evidence that his hard drive had been accessed after his death. [/quote] Full story: warning its wot [url]http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/afbddb44-7640-11e2-8eb6-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2L4wtHRVu[/url]

Things like this are terrifying, it sounds like something out of fiction. Imagine the outcry if the US were found to be responsible.

That's pretty crazy. Interesting though.

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;39610494]Things like this are terrifying, it sounds like something out of fiction. Imagine the outcry if the US were found to be responsible.[/QUOTE] Week long outcry followed by no one caring.

Maybe someone didn't want anyone else getting the technology behind this amplifier.

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;39610494]Things like this are terrifying, it sounds like something out of fiction. Imagine the outcry if the US were found to be responsible.[/QUOTE] Why would the US kill a guy right when he [i]finished[/i] working for another country? If gathering information is the goal, why not abduct for interrogation? I'd sooner blame someone in Singapore who didn't want him taking his knowledge back with him.

Added "may have been" in the title.

What, I didn't even hear this on the local news.

[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;39610494]Things like this are terrifying, it sounds like something out of fiction. Imagine the outcry if the US were found to be responsible.[/QUOTE] why would the united states assassinate him after his work had been finished and he was coming back to the united states.

Poor guy, my condolences to his girlfriend and his family. However I do believe that there was an attempt of cover up, I mean, the family was able to recover his backup hard drive with some of the project files on it or changes made to it. Not implying that its either party that is responsible, its just the motive of whoever.

[QUOTE=shian;39610770]What, I didn't even hear this on the local news.[/QUOTE] I hardly find that surprising. Our media aren't exactly shining beacons of free and unbiased news.

I'd bet it was either IME or Huawei (or maybe even the Singaporean/Chinese government) that arranged it. It would make sense depending on how important his work really was to them. Reminds me a lot of Deus EX: Human Revolution, too.

[QUOTE=BrickInHead;39610852]why would the united states assassinate him after his work had been finished and he was coming back to the united states.[/QUOTE] Because the US has probably done something twice as boneheaded as that.