Baghdad Diarist Update

The Washington Post has published a nice article with more information about the Baghdad Diarist… He is married/engaged to Elspeth Reeve a writer/Reasearcher for The New Republic. This in itself smells rather fish, and explains why TNR is so set on defending themselves. It think there is more to this than meets the eye.
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I Stole From Veterans and All I Got was this T-Shirt…

 Philip Kolinski of Carrollton Township, MI was found guilty of scamming scrapyards for metal, which he sold and kept the money.  When soliciting the scrapyards, he claimed to he was building a memorial for Iraq war vets. Instead he sold the scrap metal and pocketed the funds.
Saginaw County District Judge AT Frank sentenced Kolinski to [...]