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8/7/2007

Shocker: Scott Thomas Bueachamp Recants

By: Cao, Filed under: Anti-War , General @ 4:33 am

As Sweetness and Light puts it: SHOCKER! Not.

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.

Michelle Malkin has a priceless photoshop and a few more observations - links to Ace and Baldilocks, and other observations worth noting in her comments section by readers.

And since nobody else seems to be referencing the Confederate Yankee’s excellent coverage on this, let me link to it, post-by-post…

A Series of Highly Incredible Events

A Matter of Lessening Credibility

The Previous Libel of the New Republic’s Scott Thomas

Doubting Thomas: Simple Questions for the New Republic

Near Certainty

Two Simple Questions for Franklin Foer

House of Glass

Scott Thomas Comes Forward… And Answers Precisely Nothing

Blog History Repeating

Scott Beauchamp’s Problems Are Just Beginning

Stop the hate