James F. Tracy: The Sandy Hook Massacre. Unanswered Questions!

and missing information. Inconsistencies and anomalies abound when one turns an analytical eye to news of the Newtown school massacre. The public's general acceptance of the events, validity and faith in its resolution suggests a deepened credulousness, born from a world where almost all news and information is electronically mediated and controlled. The condition is reinforced through the corporate medias unwillingness to push hard questions vis a vis Connecticut and federal authorities, who together bottle-necked information, while invoking prior restraint through threats of prosecuted action against journalists and broader citizenry seeking to interpret the event on social media. Along these lines, on December 19, the Connecticut State Police assigned individual personnel to each of the 26 families who lost a loved one at the Sandy Hook Elementary. The families have requested no press interviews, State Police assert on their behalf, and we are asking that this request be honored. The de facto gag order will be in effect until the investigation concludes, now forecast to be several months away even though lone gunman Adam Lanza has been confirmed as the sole culprit. With the exception of an unusual and apparently contrived appearance by Emilie Parker's alleged father, victims family members have been almost wholly absent from public scrutiny. What can be gleaned from this and similar coverage, raises many more questions, and glaring inconsistencies than answers. While it sounds like an outrageous claim, one is left to inquire whether the Sandy Hook shooting ever took place, at least in the way law enforcement authorities and the nations news media have described. An especially important, yet greatly under reported feature of the Sandy Hook affair, is the wholly bizarre performance of Connecticut's top medical examiner H Wayne Carver II at a December 15 press conference. Carvers unusual remarks and behavior warrant close consideration, because in light of his professional notoriety they appear remarkably amateurish and out of character. H. Wayne Carver II has an extremely self assured, almost swaggering presence in Connecticut state administration. In early 2012, Carver threatened to vacate his position, because of state budget cuts and streamlining measures that threatened his professional autonomy over the projects and personnel he oversaw.