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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nFrom Andy, a link to a story right out of the pages of The Duffel Blog<\/a>. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/a> tells us about Brigadier General G.B. McDowell and his son, Colonel Michael Douglas McDowell whose story begins when the elder McDowell passed and his online guest book filled up with names and tributes from the likes of General David Petraeus.<\/p>\n McDowell, 57, has never been in the military. Neither had his father \u2014 actually an Irving evangelist who died in 1985 while leading a revival in California.<\/p>\n The comments from top military officers were fake; investigators believe they were written by McDowell to go along with the phony obituary that he\u2019d created for his father.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought the guy did a pretty good job writing that. It\u2019s better than I could have done,\u201d Furlow said in a telephone interview from East Texas.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, there\u2019s a lot of these people out there that are taking away the glory of people who have done things. \u2026 This individual has to be sick to do stuff like this.\u201d<\/p>\n Now, McDowell faces criminal charges as local and federal investigators continue to dig into a ruse that they say spanned at least 15 years and enabled him to fool government agencies and immediate family members.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It’s a pretty long article and in order to get a complete picture of the depths and lengths this guy went to are astounding and should be read at the article rather than me stealing the whole thing. <\/p>\n Dude had a drivers’ license with no picture of him because he had convinced Texas motor vehicle folks that he was an intelligence officer and couldn’t have his photo in the public record. He had Purple Heart license plates, walked around with three cell phones so “Washington” could stay in touch with him – and he’d have imaginary classified conversations with other people in the room. He carried files marked “Top Secret” in a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. He even had a vehicle with government plates with which he’d pick up VIP folks from airports.<\/p>\n Actually, all I can think of to say is “Wow, just wow.” It seems like a real job would have taken less effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n