Posted on 10/24/2007 10:15:50 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
SHOCK DOCS: THE NEW REPUBLIC 'SHOCK TROOPS' STORY COLLAPSES WED Oct 24 2007 12:29:44 ET
The DRUDGE REPORT has optained internal documents from the investigation of THE NEW REPUBLIC'S "Baghdad Diarist", Scott Thomas Beauchamp, an Army private turned war correspondent who reported tales of military malfeasance from the Iraq War front.
The documents appear to expose that once the veracity of Beauchamp's diaries were called into question, and an Army investigation ensued, THE NEW REPUBLIC has failed to publicly account for publishing slanderous falsehoods about the U.S. military in a time of war.
Document 1: Beauchamp Refuses to Stand by Story (Beauchamp Transcript Part 1)
THE NEW REPUBLIC has been standing behind the stories from their Baghdad Diarist, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, since questions were first raised about their accuracy over the summer. On August 10, the editors at TNR accused the Army of "stonewalling" their investigation into the stories by preventing them from speaking with Beauchamp. The DRUDGE REPORT has since obtained the transcript of a September 7 call between TNR editor Frank Foer, TNR executive editor Peter Scoblic, and Private Beauchamp. During the call, Beauchamp declines to stand by his stories, telling his editors that "I just want it to end. I'm not going to talk to anyone about anything really." The editors respond that "we just can't, in good conscience, continue to defend the piece" without an explanation, but Beauchamp responds only that he "doesn't care what the public thinks." The editors then ask Beauchamp to cancel scheduled interviews with the WASHINGTON POST and NEWSWEEK.
Document 2: Beauchamp Admits to "Gross Exaggerations and Inaccurate Allegations" (Beauchamp Transcript Part 2)
The DRUDGE REPORT has also obtained a signed "Memorandum for Record" in which Beauchamp recants his stories and concedes the facts of the Army's investigation -- that his stories contained "gross exaggerations and inaccurate allegations of misconduct" by his fellow soldiers.
Document 3: Army Investigation: Tales "Completely Fabricated," Beauchamp Wanted to be Hemingway
The third document obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT is the Army's official report on the investigation into the allegations made by Private Beauchamp. The Army concluded that Beauchamp had "completely fabricated" the story of mocking a disfigured woman, that his description of a "Saddam-era dumping ground" was false, and that claims that he and his men had deliberately targeted dogs with their armored vehicles was "completely unfounded." Further the report stated "that Private Beauchamp desired to use his experiences to enhance his writing and provide legitimacy to his work possibly becoming the next Hemingway."
The report concludes that "Private Beauchamp takes small bits of truth and twists and exaggerates them into fictional accounts that he puts forth as the whole truth for public consumption."
Developing...
There's a looong way to go Beauchump...
Obviously he was tortured to get him to say this. /moonbat
When the government figures out how to punish this traitor, the Senate should do the same to punish John Fibbing Kerry who also made such exageration in a time of war (Vietnam). He has since said that he doesn’t stand by the talk of war crimes and calls them the words of an angry young (lying) man.
I guess what’s new are the New Republic’s internal documents?
Probably he wanted to be the “Across the River and Into the Trees” version of Hemingway.
Even at his best, Hemingway is pretty appalling. If that’s his chosen model and standard of excellence, I’m not surprised how it turned out.
There, fixed it.
So, to recap the story so far:
Another ‘phony soldier’ brings up another slander against our military in Iraq.
Yet instead of going after this egregious example of journalistic slander, the Congressional Democrats went after Rush Limbaugh for his “phony soldiers” remark. A remark that is right on-target for this case and the case of Jesse MacBeth, another anti-war lying phony soldier.
Rush turned an assault by Senate Democrats on his First Amendment free speech rights into a PR coup by taking the offensive letter the Senators wrote, auctioning on EBay for a multi-million dollar sum, and donating the entire proceeds to a good cause - scholarships for the children of fallen Marines.
Meanwhile, the tide is turning and we are winning the war the Democrats said was unwinnable, and going good in a country that we were told we were only capable of doing evil.
The World Is Upside Down.
Drudge didn’t mention that Beauchamp’s new wife happened to work for TNR and was assigned as the fact checker for his story.
Thought you might be intersted in further info on this “phony soldier”
Scumbag beauchamp.
They’re just in a data-gathering stage before they publish the massive apology article in their very next edition. That’d be the one written by the Tooth Fairy with pictures by the Easter Bunny.
Dare I say phony soldier?
This soldier served and lied. Jesse Macbeth and other outspoken protesters (dating back to the Vietnam War) NEVER SERVED.
Scott and Jesse both committed treason by lying about attrocities so that they could provide aid and comfort to the enemy in a time of war. They sought to sink morale at home and among the troops and to rile up the enemy with “justification” for the terrorist acts that the “insurgents” are committing.
A cheaper/sleazier version of the Wilsons?:)
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