DOD IG Clears LTG Caldwell (Updated)

Pentagon Clears 3-Star General of Alleged Misdeed by Robert Burns, Associated Press. BLUF: “The office of the Defense Department inspector general wrote in a memorandum dated July 22 that it agreed with an Army probe that concluded that the allegations against Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV were not substantiated.” SWJ: There was never any doubt, and it is sad that such a distraction to our war efforts was forced upon ISAF by a disgruntled LTC.

Update: More good news at The New York Post – Afghan Book by Rolling Stone’s Hastings Goes MIA by Keith Kelly. BLUF: “Little, Brown has apparently canceled a much-anticipated book about the war in Afghanistan by Michael Hastings, based on ‘The Runaway General’, last summer’s explosive Rolling Stone article on Gen. Stanley McChrystal.”

Update 2: Overview at Politico – William Caldwell, ‘Psy-Ops’ General, Cleared by Pentagon Report by Elias Groll.

Update 3: An Open Letter to Rolling Stone by Carl Prine at Line of Departure. BLUF: “Dear Rolling Stone, The time has come for you to do the right thing. Retract ‘Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators,’ a bit of fable haplessly ginned up by your star reporter Michael Hastings in late February.”