Where did you hear that?
Over the past year and a half of investigating on Freerepublic this information came out. Wish I could locate the thread. At the time I decided to check out active SSN to make sure that they were in fact telling the truth. It was active at the time.
I just tried finding where I did a check and boy have lots of things changed. Do you realize how many web sites that have popped up stating myth or debunked etc. Someone has been very busy covering up stuff!
Let me see if I can search Freerepublic for the thread this was on.