shizzam!!! Pentagon Inquiry Into Article Clears McChrystal and Aides

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WASHINGTON — An inquiry by the Defense Department inspector general into a magazine profile that resulted in the abrupt, forced retirement of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal has cleared the general, his military aides and civilian advisers of all wrongdoing.

Pentagon investigators said they were unable to confirm the events as reported in the June 2010 article in Rolling Stone, and the inquiry’s final review challenged the accuracy of the profile of General McChrystal, who was the top commander in Afghanistan.

The article, headlined “The Runaway General,” quoted people identified as senior aides to the general making disparaging statements about members of President Obama’s national security team.

The profile prompted a furious debate about whether the commander’s staff had used insubordinate language in discussing the nation’s civilian leadership, and whether General McChrystal had tolerated or even fostered such a climate of disrespect on his team.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/us/politics/19military.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

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1. drizzle drazzle druzzle drone -- you're all clear -- now go home! nt

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2. If it didn't happen why did McChrystal not deny it?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. Why would Generals exonerate Generals?

:dunce:

[spanone]

4. like expecting pfizer to come in with a bad report on viagra

[Keith Bee]

8. Bingo

[EFerrari]

7. At least when Arnold investigated his own sexual harrassment

he used both hands. :dunce:

[monmouth]

5. This is laughable...n/t

[EFerrari]

6. LOL! I feel so much better now!

:)

[Kolesar]

9. McChrystal's plan for Afghanistan blew up in his face ...

..., And the President's face, and the whole country's face. There is a news story for you.

[NCarolinawoman]

10. How convenient.

Why now? Why does the word "whitewash" come to mind?

[tekisui]

11. Of course!

[Warren Stupidity]

12. well that settles that

meanwhile fuck mccrystal for what he did to the Tilman family.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. Typical. Whistleblowing private gets jailed and tortured. Coverup general gets retired.

"..and justice for all."

:banghead:

[spanone]

14. you would think in a just society that the truth would be honored.....naaaaaaaaaw

[PBS Poll-435]

15. Poor Rolling Stone

:(

[Hissyspit]

16. Rolling Stone editors respond:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/rolling-stone-statement-on-the-pentagons-mcchrystal-report-20110418

Rolling Stone Statement on the Pentagon's McChrystal Report

The Pentagon’s inspector general today released the results of its investigation into “The Runaway General,” the Rolling Stone profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that forced his resignation last June. The magazine issued the following response to the report:

The report by the Pentagon’s inspector general offers no credible source – or indeed, any named source – contradicting the facts as reported in our story, “The Runaway General.” Much of the report, in fact, confirms our reporting, noting only that the Pentagon was unable to find witnesses “who acknowledged making or hearing the comments as reported.” This is not surprising, given that the civilian and military advisors questioned by the Pentagon knew that their careers were on the line if they admitted to making such comments. Asking unnamed sources to reveal their identities strikes us as an exercise in futility. Rolling Stone stands by our story, which is accurate in every detail. We also note that Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s own response to the story was to issue an apology, saying that what was reflected in the article fell “far short” of his personal standard.

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19. whitewash

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. So are they going to un-retire him now?

Since it was all a big mistake and he is so totally innocent?
Seems they would want to do that, wouldn't ya think?

[Hissyspit]

18. Den of Foxes Investigation Into Chicken Disappearances From Hen House Clears Fox

[Gin]

20. couldn't take a new job with the administration... with that "cloud"

hanging over his head....now...he can see clearly now the cloud is gone....poof...it was all a lie!