[Travis McGee]

When this fake SEAL's claim of spending five years in Viet Nam was pointed out to me, I knew he couldn't be for real. SEALs deployed to VN for 6 month tours, so "five years in Viet Nam" seemed highly improbable. I knew lots of multiple tour "real deal Viet Nam SEALs" during my peacetime duty in the teams in the 1980s, and I never heard of this guy.

This only took a couple of minutes time for "amateurs" on Free Republic to check out. The "professional" journalists at the AP must have been to busy to do this basic checking.

[WestTexasWend]

Another example of sloppy, stupid reporting. If you're too lazy to check someone's background, you write,"Majied, a Democrat from Albany who SAYS HE served 30 years in the Navy, including five years as a SEAL in Vietnam..." and you're off the hook if the guy's bogus.

[Bob J]

It's raining nails!

[RJL]

"AP" as in Almost Professional lying.

[MizSterious]

Not only amateurs, but amateurs in jammies, according to the ex-CBS snob on Fox last week. :)

Good work, Criminal Number 18F!

[MEG33]

Thanks Travis...I hate the lack of background checks done by MSM..They print what seems sexy or whatever fits their agenda.

[RippleFire]

bump

[astounded]

Outstanding work, gentlemen. I suggest a tip to Drudge on this ASAP.

[norton]

"So Criminal Number 18F checked him out. Here's the reply from "authentiseal."

Thanks.

[Lancey Howard]

GREAT POST!

[bigbob]

Good work! It's worth remembeing that John Kerry's right-hand man at VVAW, Al Hubbard, once claimed to be a decorated Air Force captain until NBC got the goods on him and forced him to admit on the Today show that he'd lied and was a staff sergeant with "no record of any service in Vietnam".

Back then Kerry defended him, saying the lie was "understandable". Wonder if he'll have a comment on this fake Seal?

[SmithL]

So, now we know what the MSM Seal of Approval is worth.

We also see that AP is officially part of Hillary's half-vast, left-wing conspiracy.

[1L]

The precursor of the SeALs have been around since when, late 40's, early 50's? When did BUD/S start?

I guess I'm thinking that it would have taken someone or some people on the original teams to start the BUD/S training. Is that correct or not? Thus, the original SeALs (if they were called that then) didn't go through BUD/S, right?

[NavySEAL F-16]

I also put a query in yesterday about this guy, and received the same reply very late last night. Just checked my e-mail. Very, very quick response.

Thanks for posting.

[inconspicuous]

"Ahmad Majied of Albany (GA) says the latest allegations about Bush's military record are more troubling to him than allegations about service honors leveled at Democratic challenger Kerry".


...the AP shouldn't have mentioned the news about the Navy Investigations into Kerry's phony Silver Star citations...

...somebody slipped up!...

[Fester Chugabrew]

Are the other individuals quoted in this article also fake? We should check it out. Meanwhile, when is Greg Packer going to check in?

[Free Trapper]

Quick work,bump.

[dennisw]

Ahmad Majied of Albany (GA) says the latest allegations about Bush's military record........

This clown now has a hoked up Muslim name. He is likely a Black Muslim of some stripe. But when he was in Vietnam he was identified by his Christian birth name and 99% likely had not gone Mohammedan back then.

You need his real name to see if he was Navy Seal back then.

[Atlas Sneezed]

It's worth noting for the record that our esteemed "Travis McGee" served as a REAL SEAL.

[Freepdonia]

This only took a couple of minutes time for "amateurs" on Free Republic to check out. The "professional" journalists at the AP must have been to busy to do this basic checking.

What do you guys know?!? All you do is sit around in your pajamas surfing the net, you nerds!!!

The MSM

:-D

Excellent work, guys!

[DoughtyOne]

There sure are a lot of fakes running around. We have a fake hero running for President, and fake Navy Seals trying to take down President Bush from another angle.