SHOCK DOCS: THE NEW REPUBLIC ‘SHOCK TROOPS’ STORY COLLAPSES
The DRUDGE REPORT has optained internal documents from the investigation of THE NEW REPUBLIC’S “Baghdad Diarist”, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, an Army private turned war correspondent who reported tales of military malfeasance from the Iraq War front.
The documents appear to expose that once the veracity of Beauchamp’s diaries were called into question, and an Army investigation ensued, THE NEW REPUBLIC has failed to publicly account for publishing slanderous falsehoods about the U.S. military in a time of war.
Document 1: Beauchamp Refuses to Stand by Story (Beauchamp Transcript Part 1)
THE NEW REPUBLIC has been standing behind the stories from their Baghdad Diarist, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, since questions were first raised about their accuracy over the summer. On August 10, the editors at TNR accused the Army of “stonewalling” their investigation into the stories by preventing them from speaking with Beauchamp. The DRUDGE REPORT has since obtained the transcript of a September 7 call between TNR editor Frank Foer, TNR executive editor Peter Scoblic, and Private Beauchamp. During the call, Beauchamp declines to stand by his stories, telling his editors that “I just want it to end. I’m not going to talk to anyone about anything really.” The editors respond that “we just can’t, in good conscience, continue to defend the piece” without an explanation, but Beauchamp responds only that he “doesn’t care what the public thinks.” The editors then ask Beauchamp to cancel scheduled interviews with the WASHINGTON POST and NEWSWEEK.
Document 2: Beauchamp Admits to “Gross Exaggerations and Inaccurate Allegations” (Beauchamp Transcript Part 2)
The DRUDGE REPORT has also obtained a signed “Memorandum for Record” in which Beauchamp recants his stories and concedes the facts of the Army’s investigation — that his stories contained “gross exaggerations and inaccurate allegations of misconduct” by his fellow soldiers.
Document 3: Army Investigation: Tales “Completely Fabricated,” Beauchamp Wanted to be Hemingway
The third document obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT is the Army’s official report on the investigation into the allegations made by Private Beauchamp. The Army concluded that Beauchamp had “completely fabricated” the story of mocking a disfigured woman, that his description of a “Saddam-era dumping ground” was false, and that claims that he and his men had deliberately targeted dogs with their armored vehicles was “completely unfounded.” Further the report stated “that Private Beauchamp desired to use his experiences to enhance his writing and provide legitimacy to his work possibly becoming the next Hemingway.”
The report concludes that “Private Beauchamp takes small bits of truth and twists and exaggerates them into fictional accounts that he puts forth as the whole truth for public consumption.”
more reaction at memeorandum
All right, I’m through the transcript. It reads, I kid you not, like a scene from “Shattered Glass.” All that’s missing is, “Are you mad at me, Frank?” It should be noted that Beauchamp’s squad leader and a specialist are in the room with him at the time, so while he insists that he’s free to speak his mind, there’s obviously some question about how true that is. As for the substance, it’s seven pages of Beauchamp hanging TNR completely out to dry
more memeorandum here
Ace has some wonderful commentary: Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, and Here
October 24, 2007 - 09:36 PM on October 24th, 2007
By the way back about 40 years ago no tropper could keep a war diary in fact if you had one and some guy knew about it and reported it you could do time in some Army jail or prison so what is this BS About diaries?
anyway the War Is Good that is the only thing I like about Bush..get all the rats at once 50 million dead muslims sounds good to me..after that we can make up and be nice.
October 24, 2007 - 09:37 PM on October 24th, 2007
only joking and having fun
October 24, 2007 - 09:48 PM on October 24th, 2007
sad thing is, you and people like you HONESTLY believe this.
October 24, 2007 - 10:34 PM on October 24th, 2007
The sad thing SFL is that you and people like you think that a high school grad without the wherewithal to get even a promotion to PFC (normally received after satisfactorily completing AIT, or soon there after) is completely qualified to make judgements about the conduct of a war. In case you don’t know, an E-2 private is about as low on the totem pole as you can get. The only rank lower is E-1 which is the pay grade for people who are still in basic training.
The truth of the matter is that a woman who is “horribly disfigured” probably wouldn’t be in a combat zone unless she’s got a set of huevos the size of watermelons and would’ve probably kicked the crap out of this twit had he actually made fun of her in public. And if she hadn’t, there would’ve been a line of NCOs and probably a few officers lined up to do so. Then there are the private security details. Most of these guys are SEALs, Green Berets, or Army Ranger veterans and generally don’t take kindly to a woman being mistreated. On most occasions, disciplinary attitude adjustment was handled by the NCOs. We officers weren’t supposed to be a party to such actions.
October 25, 2007 - 03:35 AM on October 25th, 2007
The Leftist propagandists in the MSM, and their poster boy, are once again shown to be liars and frauds.
October 25, 2007 - 05:49 AM on October 25th, 2007
3, it is sad, SFL, that morons like you are allowed to vote and to have a computer. SFL you are too stupid to have a computer. Pack it up and send it back to manufacturer immediately.
October 25, 2007 - 09:09 AM on October 25th, 2007
1&2- “get all the rats at once 50 million dead muslims sounds good to me..
only joking and having fun”
What a strange kind of humour…
October 25, 2007 - 09:12 AM on October 25th, 2007
6- “SFL you are too stupid to have a computer.”
Regarding the sad history of your presence on this site, it looks like you are “too stupid” to defend your views with any other way than personal attacks, PCD…
October 25, 2007 - 09:24 AM on October 25th, 2007
8, since you libs invest so much in your personal superiority complexes, that is where to attack you dolts until you are ready to be honest.
October 25, 2007 - 01:23 PM on October 25th, 2007
I’d hardly call PCD’s rants “attacks”.
They are ineffective, to say the least.
A five year old can form better sentences and insults than PCD has ever been able to muster.
October 25, 2007 - 01:29 PM on October 25th, 2007
10, Too bad SFL, you are backing a liar and a lying organization that is losing credibility with each and every lie. How much longer are you going to keep lying with the liar Beauchamp?
October 25, 2007 - 01:40 PM on October 25th, 2007
Dude, when on this post did I ever defend this guy?
You really need to READ what I post before you jump to ill-gotten conclusions.
I haven’t even MENTIONED this topic.
How can you effectivly argue or debate if you aren’t even on the same page as everyone else?
Get a clue, man. Geez.
October 25, 2007 - 02:18 PM on October 25th, 2007
12, you reread your #3, DIPSTICK! If you aren’t defending TNR and this phoney, then your #3 is totally uncalled for and belongs a cork in you.
October 25, 2007 - 03:23 PM on October 25th, 2007
PCD, you dumb fu*k, I was refering to what Fred D. said in his #1 & #2…
He said: “get all the rats at once 50 million dead muslims sounds good to me”….and then “just kidding”.
And I basically said, no you are not joking…you honestly believe its a god thing to kill 50 million muslims.
So, now…you.
You are absolutly WORTHLESS to converse when you can’t even keep up with the conversation.
Jesus christ, man…catch up!
October 26, 2007 - 07:34 AM on October 26th, 2007
10- “A five year old can form better sentences and insults than PCD has ever been able to muster.”
Quoting an old Groucho Marx joke:
Peejz, please get us a five year old ghostwriter for PCD, please…
October 26, 2007 - 08:52 AM on October 26th, 2007
14,15, Actually, SFL and Mattias are a pair of the most worthless of human beings I’ve ever encountered. Neither is very staunch in ethics, else they’d be condemning TNR and Beauchamp’s lies, but no, they have to carry on with their base stupidities.