Marine Letter Published Saturday Wasn’t

The letter I published a portion of and linked to on Saturday has turned out to be hoax.

My source, RFFM.org, sent this out this morning:

“RFFM.org has learned the letter, purported to be from a U.S. Marine stationed somewhere in Afghanistan, is a hoax.  It was brought to RFFM.org’s attention by one of its readers.  Apparently, a version of this letter first surfaced in 2001, but since then it has been slightly altered to give the perception it is current by mentioning President Obama’s failure to act swiftly on a call for more troops in the war on terror.  When informed of this, Major John Birch who forwarded RFFM.org the letter said, ‘My source was the INTELIST which proves even the Intel Community can be fooled.  I was.'”

It didn’t help that I know Birch, who headed the pro-gun group Concealed Carry until he folded it.


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