Reporter Denied New Embed Over Rolling Stone Profile of Gen. McChrystal

The freelance reporter whose bombshell Rolling Stone profile of General Stanley McChrystal is being denied access needed to complete a Men’s Health story about helicopters, and has had his invitation to “embed” with the 101st Airborne Division retracted, reports the Stars & Strips.

While units on the ground in Afghanistan have no problem with Hastings, public affairs officials both there and inside the Pentagon are punishing him for his portrait of McChrystal and his inner circle.

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