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Michael Hastings Quotes

American - Politician | October 6, 1980 -

Obama's drone program, in fact, amounts to the largest unmanned aerial offensive ever conducted in military history: never have so few killed so many by remote control.

Michael Hastings

History Control Never Military Fact

It's never a good thing to see a government agency talk in secret about the need to 'control protestors' - especially when that agency is charged with protecting the homeland against terrorists, not nonviolent demonstrators exercising their First Amendment rights to peaceable dissent.

Michael Hastings

Good Government Control Talk Never

There is not much of a bureaucratic leap, if history is any guide, between a seemingly benign call for 'continuous situational awareness' and the onset of a covert and illegal campaign of domestic surveillance.

Michael Hastings

History Leap Awareness Surveillance

In late 2009, I returned to Baghdad after a lengthy absence. I was living alone, in the Hamra Hotel, the twice bombed-out de facto international news bureau.

Michael Hastings

Alone Hotel Late News Living Twice

The genius of David Petraeus has always been his masterful manipulation of the media.

Michael Hastings

Genius Media Manipulation Always His

Usually when reporting on powerful public figures, the press advisor and I would have had a conversation that established what journalists call 'ground rules,' placing restrictions on what can and cannot be reported.

Michael Hastings

Powerful Conversation Rules Ground

My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.

Michael Hastings

Leader Brother Younger Brother Combat

To General McChrystal, those men on his team are his family. You know, these guys, they would do anything. They would die for each other.

Michael Hastings

Family Men Team Die You Know

I've been in this business now for almost ten years. I've done a lot of stories. I have a pretty good track record.

Michael Hastings

Good Business Ten Years Done Now

I welcome all interviews with 'Rolling Stone' magazine, and I'm sure people will talk to me in the future.

Michael Hastings

Future Welcome People Me Stone Talk

Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this sounds, kind of uplifting and strange about watching democracy unfold.

Michael Hastings

Experience Democracy Kind Strange

The first time I met President Obama was 2006 in Baghdad. He was the senator from Illinois; it was a month before he actually ended up declaring. He had to come to Baghdad to kind of check that box, and I was the correspondent for 'Newsweek' at the time.

Michael Hastings

Time Kind President First Time First

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