Another day of digging into Scott Thomas Beauchamp's story reveals, as always, another reason or two to doubt the private's claims. First off, there's the report from FOB Falcon, courtesy of Matt Sanchez, that the Army's investigation into the claims made by TNR's Baghdad Diarist has now concluded. According to Sanchez, Beauchamp's allegations of misconduct have been

"refuted by members of his platoon and proven to be false."

We are still working on getting something official. And we just heard from a reliable source that we should "stand by for a statement about to come from the Army saying their review of Beauchamp's story shows it to be a combination of complete fabrication and wild exaggeration."

In other news, we posted a note this morning from an individual who has been at Camp Buehring, where Beauchamp now claims the incident with the badly disfigured woman took place. We've withheld the name of that individual, but we have no reason to doubt his statement that if Beauchamp "saw a burned woman here [at Camp Buehring], then I would like to know where she is, because I haven't seen her in the whole 9 months."

Well, we heard that a lot from the guys at FOB Falcon, and despite TNR's repeated claims of corroboration, it turns out that all our sources were telling the truth--no such woman had ever been there. Now we are hearing the same from Camp Buehring. Confederate Yankee has even more from a PAO at the base:

We have received other media queries on the alleged incident, but have not been able to find anyone to back it up. There is not a police report or complaint filed on this incident during that timeframe. Right now it is considered to be a Urban Legend or Myth.

I am still researching the incident and will have to get back with you later with any new developments.

The story about the woman didn't "smell good" the first time we heard it. We have no reason to believe the result this time around will be any different, and we'll take the word of the good folks at Camp Buehring over Beauchamp's anonymous corroborating witnesses any day.

Other excellent coverage on Scottscam:
Hot Air
Dean Barnett
Powerline
Michelle Malkin
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