That's a pretty transparently dishonest reading of your article, to claim it's just about McChrystal and his aides making fun of Joe Biden. Luckily that guy's got it covered.

Someone else seems to have already published that DoD memo online; anyway, in the future, we might want to speak via a more secure medium, such as one that doesn't roll over for the Chinese upon request, for instance. I'm about to pull a prank on the Kremlin, for instance, and you've already gotten some attention from high quarters. I have a couple of friends who are hackers and unfortunately it is not at all difficult for even a private individual to break into a gmail account. I will give you new e-mail contact info when we next talk on the phone.

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Michael Hastings <mhastings@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Barrett--nothing much new to report on my end, except the continuing lameness of a couple of folks in the media! good luck on the show. best, mh

(see this from HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/07/michael-hastings-still-at_n_638365.html)

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm going to be on Russia Today tomorrow evening at 8 pm EST to talk about you, journalism, etc. Let me know if we have any new talking points, so to speak.

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