McChrystal violated not just protocol but Obama tenets on media management

McChrystal violated not just protocol but Obama tenets on media management

(Read: In other words, McChrystal was not Obama's puppet.)

McChrystal allowed Rolling Stone's Michael Hastings to join his team all the way, and the reporter witnessed a general far away from Washington and the Obama ethic. Washington rules -- don't leave fingerprints on attacks against your political enemies, don't confide in reporters who don't depend on you for their beats, drink a single malt scotch and not a case of citrus-flavored lager -- didn't apply.

The president has all but guaranteed that this won't happen again by turning to Petraeus.

"Petraeus is a savvy person," said John McManus, a military historian at Missouri University of Science and Technology. "He is able to use the media to cultivate the image that he wants."

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