word. Anywho, I left New York two weeks back, will be in Texas/Mexico for a couple of months on assignments.

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com> wrote:

No, please don't. This was just for your own info. Apologies.

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Cool if I run this exchange?

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes, they are the ones who are working the story.

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

As in, they'll be the conduit for the pushback?

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com> wrote:

look for barbara starr at cnn and the WaPo

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey, just told Andrew Sullivan, who linked to my VF piece on you a couple hours back. Will make sure others see it as well and write something myself soon.

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com> wrote:

hey dude, the military is about to launch a counterattack against the story. total b.s., of course. they all have lost their jobs, the top pr guy duncan boothby resigned in shame because he fucked up, and now, a week later, they've finally started to grasp for straws. Might make for an interesting blog at huffpo tho if you were so inclined! I'm about to get on a 14 hour flight, so will be out of pocket.

best,
mh

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