The strange world of Canadian reporters

Here is a gem from a Hill Times piece rehashing the stories about conflict between MND O'Connor and CDS Gen. Hillier:

...Mr. O'Connor's struggle to make a footprint of authority seems to come with the territory. He's running one of the most powerful bureaucracies in the government with one of the most powerful and influential bureaucrats, Gen. Hillier, at its helm...

Funny, I thought the Deputy Minister was at the bureaucratic helm. And I guess the reporter missed what Gen. Hillier said in 2005:

"We're not the public service of Canada," he said. "We're not just another department. We are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people."