Strandlof still at large
As TSO wrote yesterday, Richard Strandlof aka Rick Duncan, our favorite VoteVets, IVAW member, is about to be arrested, but he remains at large. But all of the local news sources are putting his face out there. The feds shouldn’t have let him go, then they wouldn’t have to look for his goofy ass.
From the Denver Post;
Strandlof will be charged with one count of making false claims about receipt of military decorations or medals, a misdemeanor punishable by a year in jail and a $250,000 fine.
CBS Channel 4 finds a World Can’t Wait connection;
Besides Duncan, Strandlof also used the alias of Rick Pierson, according to the arrest affidavit. Strandloff was a war protester in Reno, Nev., and coordinator for the anti-war group the World Can’t Wait. While in Reno, Slater was part of an effort to bring a Grand Prix race there, according to the arrest affidavit.
A woman who answered a phone for a number listed for Strandlof in Incline Village, Nev., near Reno said it was a wrong number. No number was listed in Colorado Springs.
The Vail Daily writes that at least as an imposter he was worried about appearances;
When asked at one fundraiser why he wasn’t wearing his medals, Strandlof said wearing them “would appear egotistical,” according to the affidavit.
Our friends at KKTV Channel 11 have a video up of the story (but I can’t embed it here)
Here’s a picture of Strandlof from that video. I want the image burned into the brains of some of our Strandlof deniers;
Yeah, you might have joined after Jesse MacBeth, but you didn’t join after Rick Duncan.
Maybe they can get James Branum to defend him with the fake-but-accurate defense. Or maybe he can blame the Marine Corps for not giving classes on how to be a fake Marine with a reattached finger.
Category: Antiwar crowd, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Phony soldiers
When the full story of this is told, I think you will find that the reason the CVA got suspicious is because a blogger named TSO started asking questions on March 30th. Unless someone believes that the timing of all this (they started getting suspicious in the first week of April) is just a happenstance.
They would probably also discover that as of 2 weeks ago this case was dead, and a blogger named Mothax got pissed off and wanted to know why. And all of a sudden it was resurrected.
I’m not saying this to brag I just wonder where the F the mainstream media was, and why bloggers never get any credit. I’m not a good blogger mind you (like I consider Greyhawk and others) but don’t try to bullshit me either…
TSO,
just wondering if you think that the mainstream media is lazy or do you think that there is a “liberal bias” in this instance? Because if you know anything about Colorado Springs and El Paso County, this is one of the most conservative area’s in the US. The Colorado Springs Gazette is the print version of The Fox News Channel.
It’s simple, TSO–different administration, different rules. I was also pissed that the Denver US atty wouldn’t prosecute, despite this being about as slam-dunk as you can get. WTH, feds? Catching criminals just not your speed this week? Might I suggest a career change to the fast-paced fast-food industry?
Stuff: You **are** aware that it was the US Atty in Denver who initially declined to prosecute, right? Or do you have a regular habit of just jumping in before you’ve observed the two-minute rule?
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=14574
Read and enlighten yourself, douchenozzle. And given the Justice Department’s actions over the past eight months (not prosecuting Black Panthers, phony soldiers, groups which publicly post pictures of ACTIVE CIA AGENTS (not some Valerie Plame wannabes), et al, but wanting to investigate CIA agents for doing their jobs, yeah, I think that pretty much clues me in as to the liberal bias of the media and this administration.
BTW–how many US attorneys who were serving on January 1, 2009 are still in their jobs today?