Hackworth is a retired military officer, who also was involved in the of funneling the Abu Ghrab story to Mary Mapes at CBS...
As to McCauliflower saying that no one at the DNC or Kerry campaign was involved, well Chris Lehane has been letting known for a good while now that he wasn't working for either right now. Just happened to show up on Nightline last night, too...
You're right and he's been pretty low-key lately. Frankly I don't much like David Hackworth. He was a helluva soldier but now he hunts publicity and self-promotion with the same zeal he used going after our enemies.