Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed

[Yurt]

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed

The last time reporter Michael Hastings published a major piece on Afghanistan, the commander on the ground resigned.

Maybe that's why the military's skittish about letting Hastings return.

The Associated Press reports that the Pentagon has denied permission for Hastings to embed with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Hastings offered a clarification on the AP's reporting via Twitter, writing that "the embed had already been approved for September," but "now it has been disapproved."

So, according to Hastings, it's not as if he just asked for permission to embed yesterday and was denied.

Defense Department spokesman Col. David Lapan defended the decision yesterday, telling reporters that "there is no right to embed."

"It is a choice made between units and individual reporters, and a key element of an embed is having trust that the individuals are going to abide by the ground rules," Lapan said. "So in that instance the command in Afghanistan decided there wasn't the trust requisite and denied this request."

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed - Yahoo! News

lol....to bad so sad...he will never get to do another embed and he deserves it...its pretty clear he reported alot of info/words that was to be off the record and his so called reporting was a smear....not defending mcchrystal....

 

[R.C. Christian]

LOL. A pentagram temper tantrum.

 

[B. Kidd]

Fearless, leaderless Obama, probably ordered this, because a scheduled golf game of his got interrupted last time Hastings was hanging around and got published.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Obama really has proven what a weak little human he is. He doesn't take kindly to criticism.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Obama really has proven what a weak little human he is. He doesn't take kindly to criticism.

Exactly how did this thread turn into another "bash Obama" thread?

Christ, keep it in your fucking pants.

 

[B. Kidd]

Even Obama's wife had to flee to Spain on his birthday and rent 40 rooms for a week. WTF is that about?

 

[ConHog]

I would have embed him and then fragged his ass.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

I would have embed him and then fragged his ass.

Why?

 

[R.C. Christian]

Obama really has proven what a weak little human he is. He doesn't take kindly to criticism.

Exactly how did this thread turn into another "bash Obama" thread?

Christ, keep it in your fucking pants.

The 2 events are connected. Besides bashing Obama is fun because it's so easy. It's almost easier than Bush.

 

[Sarah G]

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed

The last time reporter Michael Hastings published a major piece on Afghanistan, the commander on the ground resigned.

Maybe that's why the military's skittish about letting Hastings return.

The Associated Press reports that the Pentagon has denied permission for Hastings to embed with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Hastings offered a clarification on the AP's reporting via Twitter, writing that "the embed had already been approved for September," but "now it has been disapproved."

So, according to Hastings, it's not as if he just asked for permission to embed yesterday and was denied.

Defense Department spokesman Col. David Lapan defended the decision yesterday, telling reporters that "there is no right to embed."

"It is a choice made between units and individual reporters, and a key element of an embed is having trust that the individuals are going to abide by the ground rules," Lapan said. "So in that instance the command in Afghanistan decided there wasn't the trust requisite and denied this request."

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed - Yahoo! News

lol....to bad so sad...he will never get to do another embed and he deserves it...its pretty clear he reported alot of info/words that was to be off the record and his so called reporting was a smear....not defending mcchrystal....

AaaHaaaaHaaa It wasn't the reporter's fault the general got drunk and shot his mouth off.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed

The last time reporter Michael Hastings published a major piece on Afghanistan, the commander on the ground resigned.

Maybe that's why the military's skittish about letting Hastings return.

The Associated Press reports that the Pentagon has denied permission for Hastings to embed with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Hastings offered a clarification on the AP's reporting via Twitter, writing that "the embed had already been approved for September," but "now it has been disapproved."

So, according to Hastings, it's not as if he just asked for permission to embed yesterday and was denied.

Defense Department spokesman Col. David Lapan defended the decision yesterday, telling reporters that "there is no right to embed."

"It is a choice made between units and individual reporters, and a key element of an embed is having trust that the individuals are going to abide by the ground rules," Lapan said. "So in that instance the command in Afghanistan decided there wasn't the trust requisite and denied this request."

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed - Yahoo! News

lol....to bad so sad...he will never get to do another embed and he deserves it...its pretty clear he reported alot of info/words that was to be off the record and his so called reporting was a smear....not defending mcchrystal....

AaaHaaaaHaaa It wasn't the reporter's fault the general got drunk and shot his mouth off.

This is true. But the consequences are far reaching. Patreaus would have never accepted that move if he didn't have something to gain. I wonder what it was? Patrreaus may well be the next president.

 

[ConHog]

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed

The last time reporter Michael Hastings published a major piece on Afghanistan, the commander on the ground resigned.

Maybe that's why the military's skittish about letting Hastings return.

The Associated Press reports that the Pentagon has denied permission for Hastings to embed with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Hastings offered a clarification on the AP's reporting via Twitter, writing that "the embed had already been approved for September," but "now it has been disapproved."

So, according to Hastings, it's not as if he just asked for permission to embed yesterday and was denied.

Defense Department spokesman Col. David Lapan defended the decision yesterday, telling reporters that "there is no right to embed."

"It is a choice made between units and individual reporters, and a key element of an embed is having trust that the individuals are going to abide by the ground rules," Lapan said. "So in that instance the command in Afghanistan decided there wasn't the trust requisite and denied this request."

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed - Yahoo! News

lol....to bad so sad...he will never get to do another embed and he deserves it...its pretty clear he reported alot of info/words that was to be off the record and his so called reporting was a smear....not defending mcchrystal....

AaaHaaaaHaaa cIt wasn't the reporter's fault the general got drunk and shot his mouth off.

Certainly it isn't, but IF the reporter reported stuff that he had agreed not to, then that is HIS fault, and we have nothing but he said she said there, so no reason to know for sure . Neither side is particularly trustworthy.

 

[Sarah G]

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed

The last time reporter Michael Hastings published a major piece on Afghanistan, the commander on the ground resigned.

Maybe that's why the military's skittish about letting Hastings return.

The Associated Press reports that the Pentagon has denied permission for Hastings to embed with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Hastings offered a clarification on the AP's reporting via Twitter, writing that "the embed had already been approved for September," but "now it has been disapproved."

So, according to Hastings, it's not as if he just asked for permission to embed yesterday and was denied.

Defense Department spokesman Col. David Lapan defended the decision yesterday, telling reporters that "there is no right to embed."

"It is a choice made between units and individual reporters, and a key element of an embed is having trust that the individuals are going to abide by the ground rules," Lapan said. "So in that instance the command in Afghanistan decided there wasn't the trust requisite and denied this request."

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed - Yahoo! News

lol....to bad so sad...he will never get to do another embed and he deserves it...its pretty clear he reported alot of info/words that was to be off the record and his so called reporting was a smear....not defending mcchrystal....

AaaHaaaaHaaa cIt wasn't the reporter's fault the general got drunk and shot his mouth off.

Certainly it isn't, but IF the reporter reported stuff that he had agreed not to, then that is HIS fault, and we have nothing but he said she said there, so no reason to know for sure . Neither side is particularly trustworthy.

That didn't happen. I saw Hastings on Morning Joe talking about how willing the general and his team were to talk about a lot of issues over several days. That general was an idiot.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed

The last time reporter Michael Hastings published a major piece on Afghanistan, the commander on the ground resigned.

Maybe that's why the military's skittish about letting Hastings return.

The Associated Press reports that the Pentagon has denied permission for Hastings to embed with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Hastings offered a clarification on the AP's reporting via Twitter, writing that "the embed had already been approved for September," but "now it has been disapproved."

So, according to Hastings, it's not as if he just asked for permission to embed yesterday and was denied.

Defense Department spokesman Col. David Lapan defended the decision yesterday, telling reporters that "there is no right to embed."

"It is a choice made between units and individual reporters, and a key element of an embed is having trust that the individuals are going to abide by the ground rules," Lapan said. "So in that instance the command in Afghanistan decided there wasn't the trust requisite and denied this request."

Pentagon blocks Rolling Stone reporter from embed - Yahoo! News

lol....to bad so sad...he will never get to do another embed and he deserves it...its pretty clear he reported alot of info/words that was to be off the record and his so called reporting was a smear....not defending mcchrystal....

AaaHaaaaHaaa cIt wasn't the reporter's fault the general got drunk and shot his mouth off.

Certainly it isn't, but IF the reporter reported stuff that he had agreed not to, then that is HIS fault, and we have nothing but he said she said there, so no reason to know for sure . Neither side is particularly trustworthy.

No one is claiming that the reporter reported anything that was "off the record". Not even the general. It's not "he said she said" when both sides are saying the same thing.

 

[ConHog]

AaaHaaaaHaaa cIt wasn't the reporter's fault the general got drunk and shot his mouth off.

Certainly it isn't, but IF the reporter reported stuff that he had agreed not to, then that is HIS fault, and we have nothing but he said she said there, so no reason to know for sure . Neither side is particularly trustworthy.

No one is claiming that the reporter reported anything that was "off the record". Not even the general. It's not "he said she said" when both sides are saying the same thing.

OH really? The Pentagon explicitly complained that Hastings didn't follow the ground rules, and in fact used that as their basis for denying his request, so how can you now say no one ever claimed he didn't follow the rules?

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Certainly it isn't, but IF the reporter reported stuff that he had agreed not to, then that is HIS fault, and we have nothing but he said she said there, so no reason to know for sure . Neither side is particularly trustworthy.

No one is claiming that the reporter reported anything that was "off the record". Not even the general. It's not "he said she said" when both sides are saying the same thing.

OH really? The Pentagon explicitly complained that Hastings didn't follow the ground rules, and in fact used that as their basis for denying his request, so how can you now say no one ever claimed he didn't follow the rules?

Because no one refutes what he said in the article. The pentagon used that as their reason to deny him embedding, sure. But neither McChrystal nor the Pentagon claimed that anything in the article was obtained falsely.

 

[ConHog]

No one is claiming that the reporter reported anything that was "off the record". Not even the general. It's not "he said she said" when both sides are saying the same thing.

OH really? The Pentagon explicitly complained that Hastings didn't follow the ground rules, and in fact used that as their basis for denying his request, so how can you now say no one ever claimed he didn't follow the rules?

Because no one refutes what he said in the article. The pentagon used that as their reason to deny him embedding, sure. But neither McChrystal nor the Pentagon claimed that anything in the article was obtained falsely.

Yes, they did, the Pentagon flat out said, Hastings printed things he wasn't supposed to. Doesn't mean they weren't said, just that they weren't supposed to be printed, and THAT is exactly why they refused to embed him this time.

Some officials have charged that reporter Michael Hastings failed to follow ground rules when they claim he printed "off the record" comments in which McChrystal viciously criticized Obama administration officials on the war. Hastings, in turn, has called those claims lies, and pointed to the fact that he was about to get an embed position as proof that the Pentagon trusted him. "There's actually an embed that's waiting for me in Afghanistan," he said at a luncheon last week hosted by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The Pentagon has ramped up its investigation into the McChrystal interview, extending its probe to the former general's aides to determine what information they may have provided to Hastings, reports AP. [5]

Rolling Stone reporter denied embed after McChrystal piece. - NewsFeed Researcher - hastings, mcchrystal, embeds, embed, reporters, afghanistan, reporter, stone, rolling, article, lapan, general

You are wrong on this one

 

[Sarah G]

Oh the reporter didn't follow the rules. McChrystal is the most loose lipped military person I've ever seen.. He thought he was indespensable, heck, his whole team thought they were.

A comedy of errors on McChrystal's part.

I'm sure, btw, that Hastings doesn't expect to be embedded again. He already got a once in a lifetime story. <shrug>

 

[ConHog]

Oh the reporter didn't follow the rules. McChrystal is the most loose lipped military person I've ever seen.. He thought he was indespensable, heck, his whole team thought they were.

A comedy of errors on McChrystal's part.

I'm sure, btw, that Hastings doesn't expect to be embedded again. He already got a once in a lifetime story. <shrug>

Oh, I agree fully, the moron should have watched what he said, and he deserved to be fired for saying it , I said the same thing when it happened. I was only addressing the claim that no one is or was claiming that Hastings reported things he wasn't supposed to. clearly that is not the case.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

OH really? The Pentagon explicitly complained that Hastings didn't follow the ground rules, and in fact used that as their basis for denying his request, so how can you now say no one ever claimed he didn't follow the rules?

Because no one refutes what he said in the article. The pentagon used that as their reason to deny him embedding, sure. But neither McChrystal nor the Pentagon claimed that anything in the article was obtained falsely.

Yes, they did, the Pentagon flat out said, Hastings printed things he wasn't supposed to. Doesn't mean they weren't said, just that they weren't supposed to be printed, and THAT is exactly why they refused to embed him this time.

Some officials have charged that reporter Michael Hastings failed to follow ground rules when they claim he printed "off the record" comments in which McChrystal viciously criticized Obama administration officials on the war. Hastings, in turn, has called those claims lies, and pointed to the fact that he was about to get an embed position as proof that the Pentagon trusted him. "There's actually an embed that's waiting for me in Afghanistan," he said at a luncheon last week hosted by the American Society of Magazine Editors. The Pentagon has ramped up its investigation into the McChrystal interview, extending its probe to the former general's aides to determine what information they may have provided to Hastings, reports AP. [5]

Rolling Stone reporter denied embed after McChrystal piece. - NewsFeed Researcher - hastings, mcchrystal, embeds, embed, reporters, afghanistan, reporter, stone, rolling, article, lapan, general

You are wrong on this one

Point conceded then. You're right.