"General David Petraeus was so successful at getting……" — Michael Hastings
"General David Petraeus was so successful at getting on covers of magazines, having journalists fall in love with him, that in fact he was able to use that power to go around the normal chain of command."
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25 Quotes by Michael Hastings
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The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former…
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A woman I loved [Andi Parhamovich] was killed in Baghdad in January 2007 – al-Qaeda in Iraq took credit for…
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The simple and terrifying reality, forbidden from discussion in America, was that despite spending $600 billion a year on the…
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Look, I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising,
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When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.
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Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical…
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I have to admit that the empty prestige and the stupid glory - yes, the horrible rush, the deadly sense…
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It was either write or die for me.
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I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.
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I want to be the greatest investigative reporter of my generation.
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I was very fortunate to have fallen in love with an amazing woman. She was killed in a very horrible,…
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As the CIA tried to find itself, the threat of international terrorism emanating from the Middle East, Africa, North Africa…
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