William Bradford, who was with the Department of Energy, serving as the Director Office of Indian Energy resigned after a number of tweets and social media postings he made about Obama's mother came to light. At first, he claimed his account was "hacked" and that he had never posted the tweets, but that was patently false and the heat was being turned up and he resigned shortly after he started drawing attention.
But that's not the reason I have a beef with the guy. Slimy farker, while serving on the faculty at Univ of Indiana Law School posted in his online bio section the following: Claimed he had been active duty military serving in the US Army from 1994 - 2001. Moreover, he claimed he had been a Major serving in Special Forces and had earned a Silver Star for combat related heroism during the 1st Gulf War. (I'm sure some of you more sharp-eyed types already see a significant problem with his claims.) He often wore a silver star ribbon on his suit jacket and was known for touting it during his classes and lectures.
There was a Retired Army Colonel who read an interview with him published in the Indianapolis Star and contacted the paper with his doubts about Bradford's claims. The Star requested Bradford's service records and had the Col go over them. Turns out, it was all BS! Bradford had only ever served in the US Army Reserves (had never been activated for duty), had never served overseas, had never won ANY combat related medals and had been discharged as a 2nd Lieutenant. (Yep, the Gulf War ended in January, 1991, so how could he have served there in combat or won a Silver Star, when by his own account he didn't enter the Army until 1994?) He was forced out shortly after, being outed for lying about his military service.
He was hired briefly by West Point to teach a class in Contract Law, but got booted not long after for a paper he had published with drew fire and then during that period, they discovered his history of STOLEN VALOR!
How in the hell he got hired in the first place will remain a mystery, but it's pretty clear that the guy shouldn't have ever been hired.
But that's not the reason I have a beef with the guy. Slimy farker, while serving on the faculty at Univ of Indiana Law School posted in his online bio section the following: Claimed he had been active duty military serving in the US Army from 1994 - 2001. Moreover, he claimed he had been a Major serving in Special Forces and had earned a Silver Star for combat related heroism during the 1st Gulf War. (I'm sure some of you more sharp-eyed types already see a significant problem with his claims.) He often wore a silver star ribbon on his suit jacket and was known for touting it during his classes and lectures.
There was a Retired Army Colonel who read an interview with him published in the Indianapolis Star and contacted the paper with his doubts about Bradford's claims. The Star requested Bradford's service records and had the Col go over them. Turns out, it was all BS! Bradford had only ever served in the US Army Reserves (had never been activated for duty), had never served overseas, had never won ANY combat related medals and had been discharged as a 2nd Lieutenant. (Yep, the Gulf War ended in January, 1991, so how could he have served there in combat or won a Silver Star, when by his own account he didn't enter the Army until 1994?) He was forced out shortly after, being outed for lying about his military service.
He was hired briefly by West Point to teach a class in Contract Law, but got booted not long after for a paper he had published with drew fire and then during that period, they discovered his history of STOLEN VALOR!
How in the hell he got hired in the first place will remain a mystery, but it's pretty clear that the guy shouldn't have ever been hired.
