MEDIA COVERAGE 
JANUARY 2009

http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/article955350.ece

Activist wants day in court

By William R. Levesque, Times Staff Writer
Published Thursday, January 1, 2009 7:52 PM

Republican activist Charley D. Price spent much of his Florida career working on behalf of veterans like himself.

Then one day last year, he saw a series of e-mails started by a Texan, who wrote: "Confirmed all falsifications of Charley Dale Price education. … The guy is indeed a fake."

Had Price bought his law degree from a diploma mill? .....

Web link: http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/article998076.ece

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Police photos obtained by Open Records request at: Web link: http://www.kwp.org/kwva/

This link also provides key documents obtained during research.

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Charley D. Price's defamation suit unearths 1978 rape charge

By William R. Levesque, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Charley D. Price says his is a sterling reputation hard earned.

....But as Price pursues a defamation lawsuit against four men he accuses of smearing his reputation with trash talk about his law degree, an uncomfortable fact has emerged from Price's past:

In 1978, Maryland prosecutors charged him with a first-degree, felony sex offense that carried a maximum penalty of life in prison.....

William R. Levesque can be reached at levesque@sptimes.com or (813) 269-5306
[Last modified: May 04, 2009 10:23 PM]

  http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/article998076.ece

Article & video: http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=6767#comments
 
Jesse MacBeth trashes IVAW [Jonn]

Jesse MacBeth, the poster child of the phony soldier movement, and I find common ground. I’ll admit I know what MacBeth says in this video isn’t completely true, because it’s Jesse MacBeth, for Pete’s sake.

However, he admits that IVAW had his DD214 and they helped him forge the DD214 he tried to pass off as proof of his combat experience. For those of you who haven’t seen his real DD214, here it is, courtesy of our friends at POW Network;

I’ve always wondered about the DD214 forgery because MacBeth probably doesn’t have the brains to forge his DD214. But he also calls into question the character of service and the narratives coming from IVAW members.

He also says “higher ups” helped him perpetrate his fraud on themedia. He doesn’t name the “higher ups”, but at the time he inflicted himself on the stage, that could only mean the Veterans For Peace and VVAW clowns who were running the organization behind the scenes.

Now, MacBeth also claims that some IVAW members were discussing bombings. I don’t believe that at all - unless he wants to give us names, dates and places of these discussions.

Well, here’s the video on YouTube he apparently made just last week;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhCKBNHGI_0&eurl=http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=6767&feature=player_embedded

Like I said, you can’t believe MacBeth completely, he’s an habitual liar. However, he makes some of the same points I have proven on this blog. It’ll probably be quite some time before we get disillusioned IVAW former-members coming out publicly, so this all we’ve got for now.

 

Original Story here: http://hotair.com/archives/2006/05/23/jesse-macbeth-video-goes-viral/

http://www.examiner.com/a-1779774~Idaho_man_gets_prison_for_stealing_vet_benefits.html


Idaho man gets prison for stealing vet benefits

Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The star witness in a botched 2005 Idaho attempted murder prosecution will spend 12 months and one day in federal prison after defrauding the government of nearly $100,000 in veterans benefits.

Elven Joe Swisher was convicted in April of wearing unauthorized military medals, presenting false statements and documents to the Department of Veterans Affairs and theft of government funds.....


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http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/judicial_and_courts/news.php?q=1208741315

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_id_stolen_valor.html

Last updated January 6, 2009 7:34 p.m. PT

Idaho man gets prison for stealing vet benefits

By JOHN MILLER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

BOISE, Idaho -- A witness in a 2005 Idaho murder solicitation case will spend a year and a day in federal prison after being found guilty of defrauding the government of nearly $100,000 in veterans' benefits.

Elven Joe Swisher, 71, of Cottonwood, was convicted last year of wearing unauthorized military medals, presenting false statements and documents to the Department of Veterans Affairs and theft of government funds.....

Corpsman jailed for unauthorized medal

Whether Robert White was injured in Iraq in 2005 and deserved a Purple Heart makes no difference now.

The chief hospital corpsman wore the award without receiving it through official channels, and in the Navy’s eyes, that makes him a faker.

The 19-year sailor, who was selected for advancement to senior chief in March, pleaded guilty Dec. 16 to the unauthorized wearing of a Purple Heart while he worked at Great Lakes, Ill.....

http://www.mysanantonio.com/military/37315364.html

Veterans’ groups challenging Carthage man’s POW account

January 13, 2009 11:30 pm

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http://www.joplinglobe.com/editorial/local_story_017094759.html?start:int=0

None of us in the newsroom saw it coming....

Man sentenced for fake military claims, fraud

ERIE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania car dealer is getting two years and nine months in federal prison for faking military honors and cashing more than $200,000 in counterfeit checks.

Dale Farr was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Erie after pleading guilty in August to falsifying military decorations and bank fraud.....

MORE ON HIS SENTENCING