YEAH, I WOULD THINK SO.  WHAT ABOUT EXECUTION? – AT 7:26 A.M. ET:  The McChrystal affair has claimed its first casualty, and deservedly so.  From WaPo: 

KABUL -- Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's civilian press aide resigned Tuesday over an upcoming magazine story that portrayed the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and some of his aides as derisive toward Obama administration officials.

Duncan Boothby, who has been on McChrystal's staff for roughly a year, was the first casualty of a controversy that prompted White House officials to summon the general to the White House to explain the remarks in the profile that will appear in this week's issue of Rolling Stone.

Boothby was heavily involved in arranging access for journalist Michael Hastings to McChrystal and his staff this year so Hastings could write the profile, titled "The Runaway General."

An official in Kabul confirmed the resignation, speaking on condition of anonymity because it was a personnel issue.

Boothby is not a military officer. He is one of a growing number of civilians hired as press aides for senior military brass as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to generate considerable public interest and controversy.

COMMENT:  I guarantee you that he will never be a press aide to a uniformed officer again.  What was the man thinking – arranging that much access for a reporter from a counterculture, leftist magazine with no warmth for the military?

Okay, New York Times, there's this great guy available.  Experience in Afghanistan.  Named Duncan...

June 23, 2010