FLASHBACK: The BuzzFeed Article That Got Michael Hastings Killed
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RIP Michael Hastings! May you always be remembered for your bravery!
The truth of the matter was that Hastings was a journalist who had significant clout at the time and had some inside access to the executive skybox, as they actually appreciated his takedown of Stanley McChrystal in 2010. But he turned on them and used his platform to speak out against the Obama Admin. I believe he was setting up to reveal something devastating about the spying and censorship shortly before his death.
They framed it to look like DoD or a reprisal for McChrystal which significantly muddied the waters, and caused people to look away from what he actually had been focused on reporting about at the time.
There is a good reason Glenn Greenwald got out of the country after he helped Edward Snowden. Michael Hastings IS that reason.
The Obama Admin was very temperamental when it came to journalists and would go to any extent to silence or strike back against them.
Obama prosecuted more whistleblowers than any president ever.