Embedding With U.S. Troops Just Got Harder For Rolling Stone

The Rolling Stone article that resulted in General McChrystal's sacking as US commander in Afghanistan.

Pentagon: Rolling Stone Reporter Rejected For Violating Ground Rules, But Not “Blackballed” -- Stars And Stripes

The Pentagon said Michael Hastings, the Rolling Stone reporter who wrote the fait accompli article ending Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s career, had his latest embed request revoked because it was determined he broke the “ground rules” during that interview and was no longer considered credible or trustworthy.

“If you don’t respect ground rules, how do you expect us to trust you?” said Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell, in a briefing Thursday. “How do you expect us to extend to you privileges such as embedding with a unit? This is not a game; there are lives on the line.”

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Pentagon removes privileges of reporter in McChrystal affair -- AFP
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