Posted on 05/18/2007 7:36:30 PM PDT by darkangel82
SEATTLE -- A man who tried to position himself as a leader of the anti-war movement by claiming to have participated in war crimes while serving in Iraq is facing federal charges of falsifying his record.
Jesse Adam Macbeth, 23, formerly of Phoenix, garnered much attention on blogs and in some alternative media after he began claiming in 2005 to have been awarded a Purple Heart for his service, which he said included slaughtering innocents in a Fallujah mosque. His story was contradicted by his true discharge form, showing that he was kicked out of the Army after six weeks at Fort Benning, Ga., in 2003 because of his "entry level performance and conduct."
A complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle charged him with one count of using or possessing a forged or altered military discharge certificate, and one count of making false statements in seeking benefits from the Veterans Administration.
"He approached us in early 2006, posing as a war veteran. He seemed very emotionally distressed about his experiences," said Amadee Braxton, a spokeswoman for Iraq Veterans Against the War, based in Philadelphia. "We later found out he had fabricated a lot of his military record and that he was somebody who had mental problems. We hoped that he would get those issues dealt with."
Macbeth claimed to have served from May 2001 to June 2004, to have been shot in Iraq and to have suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, LaMont E. Stokes, an agent with the VA's Office of the Inspector General, wrote in the charging papers. The man collected more than $10,400 in benefits to which he was not entitled, Stokes wrote.
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“I wonder how much else the anti-military left is making up?”
Well. Considering their stellar record of telling the ‘truth’,, I’d say that 99.9999999999999999999999999% is.
Nice try! You ALMOST had me goin there...
Is this guy a relative of john kerry?
How credulous is the left? I mean they will believe in ANYTHING. Even when someone makes them look stupid. Literally I disbelieve everything a leftist says, because they have a track record of being full of crap. Look at Dan Rather. He's the "elder statesman" of tv news.
Phony “veterans” and phony “heroes” were a major ingredient in the Fonda/Kerry “Veterans Against the War”......
Kerry was and is a phony...and an undisputed LIAR.
Kerry had many opportunities to prove the Swift Boat Veterans were liars — but he didn’t...
Because he CAN’T
Because they told the TRUTH....
Because Kerry LIED.
Kerry lied — and good men died in vain.
Kerry lied — and the war went on far longer than it should have.
Kerry lied — and the objective for which good men died was not met..
Kerry lied — and continues to lie, and continues to feed on and benefit from those lies and slanders against honorable warriors...
They all await Kerry......
He has much to answer for....
All of which leaves the question, did the leftard “alternative” media who ran with this guy’s story know he was lying, and exploit him to further their agenda, or were they so dumb that they were actually taken in by his BS?
“He could move to MA and run for the Senate. Its worked for Kerry.”
Wait a minute... not immediately for Senator, first Leutenant-Governor.
The Kos Kids and the scumbag leftists spread it like wildfire. Even the MSM got on board.
This should be FRONT PAGE NEWS in every stinking paper and website.
ping
Will he get a slap on the wrist or a justified punishment? /rhetorical
In time they all get caught out.
It’s about time they charged this creep. Freepers have known about him for a long time, some even let MSM know there was a problem with his story—but until they could no longer get away with reporting his lies as genuine news, they kept on helping him spread them.
I disagree with the person they quote as saying he had mental problems. I think his primary “mental problem” is being a liberal sociopath, but then, that’s most liberals out there.
I think acts of violence committed upon posers shouldn’t count against one when applying for a CCW.
Unless you get caught at it of course. :)
What's the going rate for work in Federal Prison these days? Gonna take a lot of years to work that debt off.
I wouldn’t know since I’ve never been there. But it could take him up to 10 years.
“The man collected more than $10,400 in benefits to which he was not entitled,
What’s the going rate for work in Federal Prison these days? Gonna take a lot of years to work that debt off.”
I’d like to know how he pulled THAT off...???
Whenever I have tried to apply, etc. I was required to present a CERTIFIED COPY of my DD-214. [discharge papers]
The VA adjudicators get bonus points for denying bennies, not approving them.
This guy must be REAL good.
He would have had to supply corroborating EVIDENCE....???
Something just does NOT make any sense here....
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