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Michael Ruppert
Michael C. Ruppert (born Feb. 3 1951) is an American author, [ 1 ] a former Los Angeles Police Department officer, [ 2 ] and investigative journalist and peak oil advocate. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Until 2006, he published and edited From The Wilderness , a newsletter and website covering a range of topics including (international) politics, the C.I.A. , peak oil , civil liberties , drugs , economics , corruption and 9/11 conspiracy theories. [ 7 ] [ page needed ] He is also the author of Crossing The Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil [ 1 ] and was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Collapse . [ 3 ]More Infographics on Good <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/N6709/jump/Transparency/;article=america-s-richest-counties-and-best-educated-counties;tag=business,education,wealth,college-diploma,high-school-diploma;pos=baseboard;tile=1;sz=728x90;ord=123456789?"

