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Michael Hastings

Best Article

The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret

How killing by remote control has changed the way we fight.

Michael Hastings Rolling Stone Apr 2012 30min Permalink

Hack

Confessions of a presidential campaign reporter.

Michael Hastings GQ Oct 2008 20min Permalink

America's Last Prisoner of War

The story of Bowe Bergdahl, a soldier who walked off his base in Afghanistan only to be captured by the Taliban.

Michael Hastings Rolling Stone Jun 2012 35min Permalink

Politics

Julian Assange: The Rolling Stone Interview

But now, being a celebrity yourself, you feel differently? I've subsequently changed my opinion. Brad Pitt doesn't have a superpower at his back. He just has some crazed fans and paparazzi. But now, having had all three, I must say, I'm not terribly impressed with the experience.

Michael Hastings Rolling Stone Jan 2012 35min Permalink

Inside Obama's War Room

Why the US intervened in Libya.

Michael Hastings Rolling Stone Oct 2011 30min Permalink

America’s New Cavalry

Some call them “flying lawnmowers.” The entire fleet is decades old. The Pentagon almost junked them in 2008. And yet the tiny Kiowa helicopter has become America’s air weapon of choice in Afghanistan.

Michael Hastings Men's Journal Sep 2010 15min Permalink

The Runaway General

“Stanley McChrystal, Obama’s top commander in Afghanistan, has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House.”

Michael Hastings Rolling Stone Jun 2010 Permalink