Remembering Michael Hastings

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Journalist Michael Hastings died last night in a car accident at the age of 33. While many remember him for his Rolling Stone story that took down General Chrystal, he had a number of other interesting clashes with powerful people.

“Why don’t you give answers that aren’t bullshit for a change?” he shot back in an email to Hillary Clinton’s spokesman Philippe Reines, when he grew weary of the defensive response from the State Department to his questions about the terrorist attacks on the Benghazi consulate.

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