Leo J. Maloney; Spooky 8’s inspiration
Some of you may remember when I read a book sent to us by a Blackfive reader written by Bob King; Spooky 8, The Final Mission. Bob contended that he was recruited out of jump school to be a secret squirrel during Vietnam. Of course, we discovered that he was just a Jump School drop out who went on to be a general’s driver in Fort Sill, OK, but that didn’t stop from writing a completely fictitious book about his exploits and then living in the real world as if it was true.
Well, here’s another one; Leo J. Maloney. But Leo was more elite that Bob King, because his special skills were recognized in the first few weeks of basic training at Fort Jackson, SC;
According to Leo’s biography;
In 1966 he was inducted into the army and during basic training he was recruited to become a black ops contractor for a clandestine government agency, and his life changed forever. He traveled the world to strategically important hotspots. As an independent contractor, he was never required to accept a particular assignment, but rather selected ones that met his criteria that it was in the best interest of the country, although once a mission was underway, there was no turning back. Unlike many of his peers, he survived to tell his story.
He must have really excelled at that Code of Conduct class and Drill & Ceremony to have been singled out by all of the CIA spooks who hang around basic training companies looking for recruits (I know you saw them when you were in basic, right?)
According to his records, he was going to be an 05B radio operator (like our boy, Dallas). I think his story might have been more credible (but not by much) if they’d recruited him out of Advanced Individual Training instead of in the middle of basic training.
So, no, I’m buying any of his bullshit books. But, I do have an advanced copy of Dakota Meyer’s “Into the Fire” that will be my main focus this weekend.
Category: Phony soldiers
I’m only going to say this once — well, okay, I may say it more than once — if you want to write books about unbelievable exploits as a form of amusement for others, make sure that it’s in the FICTION genre.
You have to ask yourself “Do I want to go on Oprah and admit that my self-aggrandizing fake autobiography was actually made up out of whole cloth?”
Well, do you, you thumb-sucking, itch balls, crotch-scratching dickwad?
“Recruited out of basic to become a black-ops contractor for a clandestine government agency”? Bullshit. He got thrown out of Basic is what happened.
He went to Basic in 1966 – during the massive Vietnam build-up. The Army was hurting for bodies. Given his claims of later “clandestine service”, he obviously didn’t get hurt badly enough during Basic to disqualify him from military service.
Just what did someone have to do during that time to get thrown out during Basic? That was well before drug testing, and was also a time when Drill Sergeants could “correct bad attitudes” physically.
“Just what did someone have to do during that time to get thrown out during Basic?” Get caught blowing another recruit’s bagpipe in the shower would do it.
You morons ……… getting thrown out WAS part of his cover. Get it … GEEZE. Do I have to explain everything to you guys. THIS IS THE REAL DEAL! I ain’t saying anything about him. HEHEHE!
He was drafted. Did not want to be there. Did what was necessary to get fired.
Seriously, this is an inspiration?
You may or may not remember Kenneth Williams as Caesar in “Carry On Cleo” saying: “Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it infamy.”
Do you guys think Dallas and this numbnuts got together over dinner one night and figured out how to make this drama?
2-17th AirCav: roger; the Army still automatically pitched folks for homosexuality in the 1960s and 1970s. What I was wondering is what else short of a serious injury would do that during the height of the Vietnam buildup.
@#3, fortunately I finished my coffee before I read that.
From his bio: ” He traveled the world to strategically important hotspots. As an independent contractor, he was never required to accept a particular assignment, but rather selected ones that met his criteria that it was in the best interest of the country, although once a mission was underway, there was no turning back. Unlike many of his peers, he survived to tell his story.”
What was the criteria, a good doughnut shop? What did his peers die of, arteriosclerosis and diabetes?
He had peers???
@OWB – yes, they were pinch-urinators.
His linkedin profile lists his “skills and expertise” as “FICTION”.
Perhaps his peers died of irony.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/leo-j-maloney/4/a82/62a
It may not be the same Leo J. Maloney.
I gooooogled my name once and found that there are 529 other people with the same first name, middle initial and last name as mine, so I wondered if I had been cloned and nobody told me.
Are we sure there isn’t a typo in his name, and his real name isn’t “Leo J. Baloney“?
Ex-PH2 – check out the link… it is the same dude (judging by the photo there). The guy was a “classic car broker”…. yeah, a real used car salesman. Of course, that was just one of his “cover” businesses. He is also a “highly trained law enforcement officer” although he doesn’t clai to have worked for any domestic LE agencies. My question is, what laws was he enforcing? I didn’t know the CIA picked up guys out of basic, highly trained them in law enforcement, and then let them select their own missions in strategic parts of the world (where they are presumably beyond the law). The guy’s own BS doesn’t make any sense. I assume the same is true of his books.
@7. I don’t know. We had our share of fails but they got to return to square one, not booted. As I recall, the fails were just lazy slobs whose civilian experiences included no PT whatsoever.
@15 – I’ll take your word for it, then.
Here’s his Facebook page, where he claims to have experience as a black operative for a clandestine government agency:
https://www.facebook.com/leojmaloneyauthor
This guy is still doing it. Facebook page still up, blog up, doing book signing’s at Barnes and Noble etc. Is there anyway to find where this guy actually did work?
Loser.
Choad
So I got ahold of his New York and Boston Publicists on the phone and passed on what you gents found here. I also forwarded it to his agent. No idea where if anywhere it will go from there, but they have at least been informed and given the opportunity to see the records.
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Check out the picks of this clown on his own site. There is one that he in all his majestic roundness is wearing woodland camomiles with his face painted titled “on assignment” it must be one of those donut eradication missions or perhaps he just finished a hot wing extraction.Hello dirt bag your eyes would stick out like a turd in a punch bowl . Those individuals who really served from spec war to supply know that type of face paint. Instead of Special forces your skill set in cover and concealment leans more towards special ed.
Turdsack.
He wears a robe almost 24/7. His wife is pretty good for an older gal and vastly out of his league. The best part is she does not only all the work around the house but also all the yard work as well. I once saw her in 90 degree temps lugging a 20 lb bag of sod or something around the yard gardening, while this slob yelled from the house at her about some nonesense. Utter Disgrace.
I know this guy. I have not read any of his book but I’m quite certain he retired as a detective from the city of Revere Massachusetts police department. If that is true how can he be a CIA agent at the same time. Perhaps he did it on his days off. He is bullshit.
This lying sack of shit still pisses me off…. talk about profiting by “the lie”.
https://www.facebook.com/events/649681135072456/
“Will you be in the Boston area on Nov 21? Then join Leo J. Maloney for a speaking event. The topic will be: “An Inside Look at the Life of a Deep-Cover Black Operative.””
Scumbag.
Fits the pattern… likes to interface with young girls
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