Washington (AP) - A senior military source leaked information to the AP regarding Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation: "It's all a ploy."  The anonymous source briefly sketched out the plan.  "Stan was tied up, y'know?  He was always answering emails, phone calls, giving 'updates'.  Man, I don't know how he stood it.  So anyhow, after that Faulkner guy got caught, Stan was moping around his HQ for a day or two, and I heard him muttering about how he could do it better.  Then the Rolling Stone article comes out, now he's relieved of command, so are his top aides, all SOF spooky-types.  Coincidence?"

The source would not go into further detail, but cryptically suggested that the media "watch if UH-60s wander off", and suggested that armories might "get mysteriously empty" in the next few weeks.

General David Petraeus offered only the comment that "General McChrystal's combat expertise, tenacity, and creative thinking will be sorely missed, but we have no doubt that he is still with us, fighting to win this war, no matter where he may be."  When questioned on the smirk he exhibited during the remarks, Gen. Petraeus shrugged and made no further comment.