{"id":39999,"date":"2014-02-24T19:29:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T00:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39999"},"modified":"2014-02-24T19:37:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T00:37:40","slug":"greg-cheesedick-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39999","title":{"rendered":"Greg Cheesedick Banks in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/WFSB.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=636236;hostDomain=www.wfsb.com;playerWidth=500;playerHeight=300;isShowIcon=true;clipId=9876947;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=Video%2520Player;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed;galleryType=wncategory;galleryId=208506'><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfsb.com\" title=\"WFSB 3 Connecticut\">WFSB 3 Connecticut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, as Oathkeeper has been telling you, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/story\/24806828\/man-accused-of-posing-as-a-veteran\">Greg Banks gets the fame <\/a>for which he hungered;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>State Rep. Jack Hennessy said he can sum up the need for the stolen valor bill he&#8217;s supporting at the Connecticut General Assembly in two words: Greg Banks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It just robs the valor of the men and woman who wear the uniform,&#8221; Hennessy said.<\/p>\n<p>Hennessy added that the allegations involving Banks were &#8220;very much&#8221; upsetting.<\/p>\n<p>The bill existed before the I-Team exposed the counselor who&#8217;s been posing as a member of the United States Army Special Forces. Hennessy cited the investigation by the I-Team as an example of why it&#8217;s needed. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jack Hennessy was my room mate in the 1st Battalion 75th Rangers about 40 years ago, so yes, he is a tabbed Ranger. And, yes, I put the bug in someone&#8217;s ear about him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When I was a Ranger, I knew that I could be called by my country to go into a combat zone to give up my life and I was willing to do that,&#8221; Hennessy said. &#8220;To have people who have not been in the military to pose as that, it takes away from the people who have actually made their commitment and some the ultimate commitment giving their lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the original story by I-Team aired, the station has heard from multiple people who had counseling sessions with Banks at his offices in Farmington and in Danbury and all believed at the time that he was a soldier.<\/p>\n<p>A man, who saw Banks for marriage counseling, said he often canceled appointments saying he had last-minute missions overseas.<\/p>\n<p>A woman, who was ordered by a court to see Banks for substance abuse counseling, said he told her he worked with the United States Army Special Forces and the Brookfield Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Banks does live in Brookfield, but the local police chief told the I-Team his department has never had any contact with Banks. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;re still waiting for our apology, Greg. An apology for stealing valor, an apology for Alex&#8217; threatening phone calls, an apology for the lies in your emails about someone stealing your identity. An apology for thinking we&#8217;re so stupid that we&#8217;d fall for any of it. And an apology to your patients, and you need to give them a pass for canceling their appointments after the TV report aired the first time. F*ck nut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WFSB 3 Connecticut So, as Oathkeeper has been telling you, Greg Banks gets the fame for &hellip; <a title=\"Greg Cheesedick Banks in the news\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39999\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Greg Cheesedick Banks in the news<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phony-soldiers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}