Michael Hastings

Michael Hastings, McChrystal Profile Writer, To Cover Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 02.27.2012

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NEW YORK -- The election of Barack Obama was a compelling story, with a little-known, first-term senator emerging in the tough Democratic primary to b...

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The Inside Story Of America's War Machine

AlterNet | Posted 01.27.2012

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Not many journalists can say they had a hand in getting a commanding general relieved of duty in the middle of a war. But Rolling Stone reporter Micha...

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Why Michael Hastings' Afghanistan Book Was Dropped By His Publisher

Capital New York | Reid Pillifant | Posted 03.24.2012

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The irony is that Kantor's publisher, Little, Brown, which had originally inked a deal for The Operators, dropped Hastings' book last summer because i...

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Julian Assange Lashes Out At The New York Times

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 01.18.2012

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Julian Assange lashed out at the New York Times and its former editor in a lengthy new interview. In a profile with Rolling Stone released on Wedne...

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10 Juicy Bits From Michael Hasting's Explosive New Book

www.rollingstone.com | Posted 01.05.2012

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Now, in a new book, The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan, Hastings recounts the behind-the-scenes tale ...

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The Inside Story Of The War In Afghanistan

Rolling Stone | Posted 01.03.2012

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In April 2010, Rolling Stone contributing editor Michael Hastings spent a month with Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Europe and Afghanistan, reporting on a...

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Book By Reporter Who Brought Down McChrystal Reportedly Canceled

nypost.com | Posted 09.26.2011

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Little, Brown has apparently canceled a much-anticipated book about the war in Afghanistan by Michael Hastings, based on "The Runaway General," last s...

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#Winning in Afghanistan

Matthew Hoh | Posted 05.25.2011

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General David Petraeus is in Washington, D.C., this week and, as expected, we are hearing claims of success and progress. No matter that we've heard ...

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Pentagon, Inc.: How to Sell an Unpopular War

Nancy Snow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Call this episode "The Men Who Stare at Senators." We've been down this road before, that is, the U.S. military pulling out all the stops to sell a...

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Rolling Stone Psy-Ops Article Exposes Another Breakdown in Military Whistleblower Protections

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Nick Schwellenbach, crossposted on POGO's blog Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings has written another article that's gone viral. Here's how it opens...

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Did General Caldwell Point His Psy-Ops Team at POTUS?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings has something right out of bad fiction -- Caldwell actually hatched and deployed a plan to use psy-ops against U.S. senators and congressmen. Unbelievable, and illegal.

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General Deployed Psy-Ops On U.S. Senators

Rolling Stone | Michael Hastings | Posted 05.25.2011

The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing ...

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Michael Hastings On Afghanistan: Petraeus Is Pursuing A 'Failed Strategy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Hastings' latest dispatch from the War in Afghanistan pretty much picks up where his piece, "The Runaway General," leaves off. Gen. Stanley Mc...

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Richard Cohen Criticizes WikiLeaks, Lies About Michael Hastings

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Washington Post's most inexplicable contributor, Richard Cohen, today attempts to grapple with the phenomenon that is WikiLeaks. It's a mess! He...

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Palin biographer accuses me of planning anti-government violence

Barrett Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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So, I wake up this morning all hung over and whatnot and thus decide to spend the day doing nothing, and then I see that there's a trackback thingy on...

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WATCH: Michael Hastings On Matt Taibbi & War Reporting (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Hastings spoke at The Huffington Post's 2010 Game Changers celebration on Thursday night about his colleague Matt Taibbi and how U.S. soldiers...

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HuffPost Celebrates Its 2010 Game Changers With Geoffrey Canada, Sean Penn, Mayor Bloomberg & More (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Huffington Post celebrated its 2010 Game Changers Thursday evening at Skylight Studios in SoHo. Sean Penn, who was named a 2010 Game Changer, was ...

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Rolling Stone Writer: McChrystal Pals 'Lying,' No Interview Ground Rules

DailyFinance | JEFF BERCOVICI | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Hastings, the Rolling Stone writer whose reporting compelled the White House to fire Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. forces in Af...

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Gates Clamps Down On Media Access To Military Following McChrystal Article

New York Times | THOM SHANKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Nine days after a four-star general was relieved of command for comments made to Rolling Stone magazine, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gat...

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Frank Rich: General McChrystal And The 36 Hours That Shook Washington

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 05.25.2011

Once made the top commander in Afghanistan, the general was kept on long past his expiration date. He should have been cashiered after he took his fir...

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White House Should Reverse Pentagon Ban on Michael Hastings Embeds

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Allowing the Pentagon to continue to block Hastings reinforces the notion that he was the bad guy in this -- not the person who was fired by the President of the United States.

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Pentagon Denies Embed To Reporter Who Felled McChrystal

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The author of the Rolling Stone article that ended the military career of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former top commander in Afgh...

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Pentagon Issues Guidelines On Media Relations, SecDef Gates: 'The Press Is Not The Enemy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Pentagon continues to profess that it's not going into a bunker mentality, as far as the press is concerned. They continue to take the lead from Defense Secretary Gates, who says he aims to be "straightforward and cooperative" with the media.

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Michael Hastings Still Attacked By Military Correspondents, For Not Following 'Formula'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Everyone can basically keep on doing what they've been doing, up to and including allowing people like Michael Hastings to beat them to stories I am supposed to believe should have been sat on!

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Michael Hastings, Rolling Stone Reporter, Inks Book Deal With Little Brown

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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War in Afghanistan watchers haven't heard the last of Michael Hastings, whose recent article in Rolling Stone, "The Runaway General," led to the end o...

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