1. Michael Craig Ruppert was an American writer and musician, Los Angeles Police Department officer, investigative journalist, political activist, and peak oil awareness advocate known for his 2004 book Crossing The Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil.
Michael Ruppert was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Collapse, which is based on his book A Presidential Energy Policy and received The New York Times "critics pick".
Michael Ruppert served as president of Collapse Network, Inc from early 2010 until he resigned in May 2012.
Michael Ruppert hosted The Lifeboat Hour on Progressive Radio Network until his death in 2014.
Michael Ruppert was born on February 3,1951, in Washington, DC According to Ruppert, his father, Ernest Charles Edward Ruppert III, had been a pilot in the US Air Force during World War II and later worked for Martin Marietta, functioning as a liaison between the company, the CIA, and the Air Force.
Michael Ruppert said that his mother, Madelyn, was a cryptanalyst at the National Security Agency, working in a unit that cracked Soviet codes in order to track their nuclear physicists.
The family moved fourteen times, living in seven different states, eventually settling in Los Angeles where Michael Ruppert attended Venice High School, graduating in 1969.
Michael Ruppert said that during his senior year, he applied and interviewed for a position with the CIA but ended up turning down the subsequent offer, instead accepting a position with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Michael Ruppert was assigned to handle narcotics investigations in the most dangerous neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
At the meeting, Michael Ruppert publicly confronted Deutch, saying that in his experience as an LAPD narcotics officer he had seen evidence of CIA complicity in drug dealing.
Michael Ruppert went on to become an investigative journalist and established the publication From The Wilderness, a watchdog publication that exposed governmental corruption, including his experience with CIA drug dealing activities.
Michael Ruppert is the author of Crossing The Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil, published in September 2004.
Michael Ruppert correctly predicted the 2008 financial crisis in the US three years early.
In mid-2006, claiming government harassment, and fearing for his life, Michael Ruppert left the United States with Raul Santiago for Venezuela, vowing not to return.
The Ashland Daily Tidings reported that, in June 2006, Michael Ruppert had accused a former female employee of burglarizing the offices of From The Wilderness, a case in which Michael Ruppert was considered a potential suspect.
Michael Ruppert cited his bad health, glitches that disabled their web store, "problems of human origin", and his departure to Venezuela.
Later that year, Michael Ruppert flew to Toronto, Canada, for medical treatment.
In early 2010, Michael Ruppert launched the Collapse Network to build sustainable communities across the world.
Michael Ruppert left the Collapse Network in May 2012, leaving it in the hands of former From the Wilderness associate and longtime friend, Jenna Orkin.
Michael Ruppert continued to occasionally contribute to the Collapse Network news desk.
Michael Ruppert was a founding member, along with singer Kristen Vigard, drummer Andy Kravitz, and guitarist Doug Lewis.
Michael Ruppert was termed a "conspiracy theorist", to which he has said he "deals with 'conspiracy fact' rather than theory".
Michael Ruppert died of a single self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.