Of course.
Anyone who single-handedly brings down a General with that much visibility...
One wonders if that wasn't in his mind when he wrote the article. He HAD to know what damage it would do. While McChrystal should not have been treating the office of the President with such disrespect and deserves what he got, I think this reporter is lower than life because he intended to do a hatchet job on McChrystal. Of course, McChrystal was just downright stupid to ever say anything compromising within the hearing of a reporter. Which brings into question his judgment.