DixieFlatline Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Sorry...tried to find the original post on this, but wasn't picking the right search words I guess. Anyone surprised to see this? http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/08/beauchamp_recants.asp Beauchamp Recants THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned from a military source close to the investigation that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp--author of the much-disputed "Shock Troops" article in the New Republic's July 23 issue as well as two previous "Baghdad Diarist" columns--signed a sworn statement admitting that all three articles he published in the New Republic were exaggerations and falsehoods--fabrications containing only "a smidgen of truth," in the words of our source. Separately, we received this statement from Major Steven F. Lamb, the deputy Public Affairs Officer for Multi National Division-Baghdad: An investigation has been completed and the allegations made by PVT Beauchamp were found to be false. His platoon and company were interviewed and no one could substantiate the claims. According to the military source, Beauchamp's recantation was volunteered on the first day of the military's investigation. So as Beauchamp was in Iraq signing an affidavit denying the truth of his stories, the New Republic was publishing a statement from him on its website on July 26, in which Beauchamp said, "I'm willing to stand by the entirety of my articles for the New Republic using my real name." The magazine's editors admitted on August 2 that one of the anecdotes Beauchamp stood by in its entirety--meant to illustrate the "morally and emotionally distorting effects of war"--took place (if at all) in Kuwait, before his tour of duty in Iraq began, and not, as he had claimed, in his mess hall in Iraq. That event was the public humiliation by Beauchamp and a comrade of a woman whose face had been "melted" by an IED. Nothing public has been heard from Beauchamp since his statement standing by his stories, which was posted on the New Republic website at 6:30 a.m. on July 26. In their August 2 statement, the New Republic's editors complained that the military investigation was "short-circuiting" TNR's own fact-checking efforts. "Beauchamp," they said, "had his cell-phone and computer taken away and is currently unable to speak to even his family. His fellow soldiers no longer feel comfortable communicating with reporters. If further substantive information comes to light, TNR will, of course, share it with you." Now that the military investigation has concluded, the great unanswered question in the affair is this: Did Scott Thomas Beauchamp lie under oath to U.S. Army investigators, or did he lie to his editors at the New Republic? Beauchamp has recanted under oath. Does the New Republic still stand by his stories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Hardly surprising to anyone familiar with the military. He got his 15 minutes of fame,now I hope he gets a few years in military prison to think about it. http://ace.mu.nu/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 The New Republic again? Sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Maybe he did, but I need a better source than the Weekly Standard, from an anonymous source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popeman38 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Maybe he did, but I need a better source than the Weekly Standard, from an anonymous source.So you believe a story run in The New Republic , but question the validity of an article in the Weekly Standard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 So you believe a story run in The New Republic , but question the validity of an article in the Weekly Standard? I'm sorry, did he say he believed the article in the New Republic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Force Cane Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 From Day One of this coming out I called Beauchamp out as a bs artist... he sounded too much like some of the lefties on here I especially liked how he talked about blowing the head off of an Iraqi on his blog- except that now we know he was still in Germany at the time. And how he saw the "woman with the melted face from an IED" EVERY DAY on his forward operating base- except that last week he admitted it was most likely in KUWAIT even before he became a war shattered inhumane killing machine. And the fact that he actually is just an E-1 private, busted down from an E-2 for some violation in the motor pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen-like Todd Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Shattered Glass part deux? The New Republic is a mess at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air Force Cane Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 One Stephen Glass isn't enough for the New Republic. T hen again, in the immortal words of Dan Rather "the stories are fake but accurate"... Count on liberals to not care too much if something is actually true or not- as long as it exemplifies their own myopic worldview. Too bad the internet has allowed the pajamahadeen of the center to now combat their propaganda at every turn.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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