Army probing McChrystal staff over Rolling Stone interview

[SoCalDem]

* Posted on Tuesday, August 3, 2010


By Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army inspector general is investigating whether aides to former Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal were insubordinate when they made a series of derogatory comments about top civilian leaders to a Rolling Stone reporter, McClatchy has learned.

The investigation comes as the Pentagon grapples with how much access the reporter who wrote the piece, Michael Hastings, should have to troops. Hastings was banned from a scheduled embed this September in Afghanistan for being untrustworthy, Col. David Lapan, the director of the Pentagon press office, said Tuesday.

Last month, however, the Army granted Hastings an interview with forces he'd embedded with previously in Afghanistan, saying it saw no harm.

The IG investigators have finished questioning officials and are completing the investigation, Army officials told McClatchy. The officials confirmed the investigation but wouldn't say who asked for it or specify what its scope is. The investigation began shortly after McChrystal was relieved of his command in June.


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[rocktivity]

1. Untrustworthy? McChrystal read and approved the interview before it was published!

Besides, it was his job in ensure his staff was behaving properly. The problem was the supervisor, not the subordinates--and Obama's already solved it.

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[KT2000]

2. Untrustworthy= not a "team" player

they really need to explain that

[rocktivity]

4. Untrustworthy = truthful

How ironic that Hastings may "never work in this town again" precisely BECAUSE he did the right thing--with, as I mentioned, McChrystal's full knowledge and consent.

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[JohnnyLib2]

3. Of course.

Wasted resources, lots of CYA......all for what? :mad: