Exposing A Navy SEAL Imposter

Exposing A Navy SEAL Imposter: How A.J. Dicken Was Found To Be A Fake -- ABC News

When Navy veteran Carol Roberts first met A.J. Dicken, who boasted about being the most decorated Navy SEAL ever, she was in awe of him, and she wasn't the first.

"He's a big guy," Roberts said. "He commands authority."

For years, Dicken, 57, claimed he was an ex-Navy SEAL who had served in dozens of covert combat missions, from the jungles of Vietnam to the caves of Afghanistan. He proudly wore the SEAL trident insignia and loved to show off his numerous awards. He would regale listeners about his mission to assassinate Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and his death defying swoop into Pakistan to make the kill shot on Osama Bin Laden. He also carried discharge papers that included two Medals of Honor, and even a laudatory email from Col. Oliver North.

But it was all an elaborate lie, one that he would allegedly use to take hundreds of thousands of dollars from his victims -- and something else harder to put a price on: their honor.

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Update: 'Navy SEAL who fired the bin Laden kill shot and took down Pablo Escobar' found out to be a fraud after 'securing a half-billion dollar security contract' -- Daily Mail

My Comment: My blood always boils when I read stories like this one. Kudos to people like retired SEAL Senior Chief Don Shipley and others like him who expose these frauds.