AP Uses Fake SEAL to Back Kerry, Slam Bush

AP, Multiple ^ | September 12, 2004 | Travis McGee

[beckett]

OK Travis, I withdraw my defense of Ahmad Majied. Although poster LeanWrite is to careful and fairminded to come right out and say it, the linked story at Post #469 clearly shows that Majied lied about his status as a SEAL. The only alternative explanation for that item to have been included in the story -- that the AP reporters assigned him SEAL status uninvited -- defies commonsense. Majied must have brought it up in a fit of braggadocio.

He stole the valor of the SEALS and disgraced himself after 30 years in uniform and the achievement of the highest enlisted rank in the Navy. Just pathetic.

[Travis McGee]

Ping to 469.

[Travis McGee]

What makes you believe that he spent 30 years in uniform? I'll bet he never made it past one hitch, and a trip to Subic Bay.

[wardaddy]

Nice work and thank you John.

Matt, you think AP will retract now?

or will they pull a "rather".

[wardaddy]

Too bad he felt he had to try and pass himself off as something he was not.

there is a certain sadness to it that so many do that as though their actual lives lack enough credibility for themselves.

really too bad.

[Proud Legions]

I have been working in the military for over 20 years...there are not that many folks who "worked with SEALS" for 5 years. They are a fairly independent lot, unless you are from another SOF element (i.s Army SF, etc)--which this guy does not sound like he was, or he would have claimed he was one of them and not a SEAL. Again, another sticky fish caught!

Incredible how quickly these reporters--and their sources--are getting caught in their own lies these days.

[Grampa Dave]

Good job LeanWrite.

Great job, Travis on nailing this liar.

I have zero compassion for this liar. He lied about our president and lied about being a seal.

Now, he and AP need to deal with the real Seals, and they need to issue a retraction, an admission of the lie, and apologies to real Seals. Also, the public needs to know how this liar and AP got together. Who helped make the connection?

Last, but not least, to the execs of AP. Please continue to lie about our president, so we can continue to expose your pseudo NOTNEWS agency to the world. Keep up the lying, so while we defeat your boy Kerry, your buds at C BS and Blather, we can show the world what you really are.

Instead of a news agency, AP is just another lying media arm of the lunatic left rat pack which will do anything to defeat our president under the guise of news.

Bravo Zulu, Travis!

[Jim Robinson]

Great job, Travis McGee and LeanWrite!!

[Jim Robinson]

Another fraud perpetrated by the MSM busted!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I posted this story on several "other forums"

I love the smell of burnt dims! LOL

[igoramus987]

... I spoke to Mr. Majied this evening, and contacted the AP reporter by email who wrote the story. Mr. Majied told me he was NOT a SEAL, but did work WITH SEALs... http://www.leanwrite.com/politics/040913sealtrackers.html

John

Great research. Thanks John.

[Travis McGee]

I think they'll pretend the blogosphere doesn't exist. I forwarded the links with a note to G Gordon Liddy though, his son is a SEAL officer. Liddy may think it's worth hammering AP for their bias.

[Travis McGee]

The "new media" (and FR in particular) is making it hard for liars to get away with their lies any more. Just ask Dan Rather!

[Travis McGee]

Thanks! It's an honor.

[rit]

John: Great job and a balanced report to boot. I agree that it will serve no purpose to pursue him further and hopefully others will agree with your conclusions. People should direct their frustrations at the AP for not having properly vetted their source.

[Travis McGee]

I hope Liddy brings it up, there's a good chance he will.

And former noted VN SEAL Larry Bailey, of the "Viet Nam Veterans for Truth" will probably enjoy hitting AP as well.

[cmotormac44]

I am with you----I am a WW2 U.S. Coast Guard CMoMM and damn proud of it---I do not have to make myself any more or less than I was for my 5 years (1/42-2/47) of service to my country--served at various ships and stations and just happened to be chief engineer on CG43(83464)Rescue Flotilla 1 at Juno Beach 6/6/44---our group is credited with saving the lives of 1438 men and 1 woman during that period of 6/44-11/44 and that is all the reward I need to haved lived a proud and satisfied life for my 82 years---don't need to brag or be any kind of military phoney--God Bless America and God Bless our Troops and Naval forces

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

I spent the next day trying to decide what to do. It didn't seem fair or professional to write an article attacking this man, when it was entirely possible that he COULD have changed his name, or was misquoted.

First, my congratulations to LeanWrite for moving the ball much forward. I don't think the related conversation rules out that Mr. Majied was misquoted. He could have mentioned the SEALS any number of ways that were innocently or deliberately misconstrued. So I am not all the way with Becket on that. I do think there MUST be a retraction and I offer my full support for that. I don't think you will get to the bottom of where the miscommunication originated without talking again with Mr. Majied and the reporter - probably conferenced together.

Also, I do not withdraw my "defense of Ahmad Majied", mainly because I was not defending Mr. Majied so much as defending American principles of justice and fairplay and declaiming the inflamatory statements and premature judgments by most of the posters leading up to this point. The lynched man may have turned out to be guilty. But I don't think the mob draws much honor from that.

[Grampa Dave]

Now the ball is in the court of Real Seals.

It is up to the Seals to act on this situation.

Just keep us posted.

Great job, Matt!

[Joe Hadenuf]

I spoke to Mr. Majied this evening, and contacted the AP reporter by email who wrote the story. Mr. Majied told me he was NOT a SEAL, but did work WITH SEALs, which as best I can tell from reading the threads here, he hadn't said prior.

In a court of law, once someone has been exposed as being untruthful, it's puts everything else they say in question, and generally, their credibility is forever tainted and questionable.